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Word: fewness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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HOW must we combat or, at the very least, address such hostility? Certainly, racially-motivated attacks by a few ignorant individuals must continually be denounced. But the new Civil Rights Movement must also move beyond what has now become merely an habitual sounding for the prosecution of such persons.

Author: By Jean GAUVIN Jr., | Title: A Call to Educational Arms | 9/20/1989 | See Source »

There was widespread damage in San Juan's Condado Beach area, the site of many of the island's large tourist hotels. Shattered glass, strips of roofing and overturned trees littered the streets, and few drivers ventured out in their vehicles.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hugo Hits Puerto Rico, Heads Northwest | 9/19/1989 | See Source »

This does not have to happen. A dramatic drop in Brazil's birth rate promises to reduce future pressures to cut the forests, and experts believe the country could halt much of the deforestation with a few actions. By removing the remaining subsidies and incentives for clearing land, Brazil could...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Playing with Fire | 9/18/1989 | See Source »

LE CIRQUE DU SOLEIL. A few tattered folk wander into the big top and presto! turn into the world's most beguiling circus performers. This luminous spectacle, which sets up its tent next week in Santa Monica, Calif., and can be seen on HBO throughout this month, packs more magic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Critics' Voices: Sep. 18, 1989 | 9/18/1989 | See Source »

This permissive mind-set colors my instinctive response to current drug problems. The initial breathless media reports of the crack epidemic aroused all my journalistic skepticism, and I groused that the antidrug frenzy seemed like Reefer Madness revisited. On those infrequent occasions when friends and acquaintances still pass around a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Feeling Low over Old Highs | 9/18/1989 | See Source »

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