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Word: fewness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Until recently, few city leaders dared to criticize Barry publicly. Many blame the divisive question of race for the silence. "What he creates is a Teflon coating," explains Washington Post columnist Juan Williams, author of Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years, 1954-1965. "If you're white...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Bright, Broken Promise: Washington's MARION BARRY | 6/26/1989 | See Source »

When it comes to spying on its own people, China has revealed a surprising -- and daunting -- competence. Few in Beijing paid much attention to the cameras mounted on lampposts, rooftops and entryways along streets foreigners frequent. The SCOOT system, made by a British firm and purchased partly with development aid...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Big Brother Was Watching | 6/26/1989 | See Source »

Kraft made a lot of its customers ecstatic last week, then made them furious. In the company's Ready to Roll contest in Chicago and Houston, readers matched game pieces in a newspaper ad with ones on specially marked packages of cheese. Only a few were supposed to match, but...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CONTESTS: Everyone's a Winner (Oops) | 6/26/1989 | See Source »

Caught between the need to reassure the outside world and intimidate citizens at home, China's aging leaders are still groping for a way out of the political morass. The desire to grind out all traces of the democracy movement takes precedence. A court in Shanghai accused three people of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China Deng's Big Lie | 6/26/1989 | See Source »

Both Bull Durham and Field of Dreams echo with the American and Hollywood past. They blend hip showmanship and a vigorous Saturday-matinee innocence. But they work for an audience because Kevin Costner is in them. Virtually unknown three years ago, he is one of the few actors people will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kevin Costner: Pursuing The Dream | 6/26/1989 | See Source »

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