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Word: fewness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Lizards in Love. The authors note that dinosaurs tend to fall hard when boardroom sparks inspire thoughts of bedroom larks. They step up their Nautilus routines and become sharper dressers. Soon, romantic reptiles are dreaming up urgent reasons to call the beloved at home. And no matter what they think...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: I See, I Want, I Get - Maybe | 5/8/1989 | See Source »

The Prime Minister's attempt to invest his disgrace with honor was overshadowed only a few hours later by the news -- long anticipated by many Japanese -- that one of the key players had committed suicide. Aoki, 58, Takeshita's closest political aide for 30 years, slashed his wrist, neck and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Japan Sand in a Well-Oiled Machine | 5/8/1989 | See Source »

The riots were over by the time King Hussein rushed home to Amman, but the damage had already been done. Four days of violent protests across the country had left eight dead, 89 injured and the government under fire. As soon as he arrived from Washington, Hussein moved swiftly to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jordan Getting the Royal Flush | 5/8/1989 | See Source »

Confronted by the high cost of research, expiring patents and the explosive growth of generic drugs, many pharmaceutical companies will step up efforts to broaden their global reach through mergers or cooperative ventures. But such pressures were few in 1896, when Hoffmann-La Roche was formed in Basel and began...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Just What the Doctor Ordered | 5/8/1989 | See Source »

The job will be enormous. By last week the oil slick had traveled across an 1,800-sq.-mi. area. To stop its advance, "skimming" vessels sucked up the crude for transfer to dredging barges. Onshore, ten-man crews hosed down rocks with heated seawater. The two-pronged drive to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Nature Aids the Alaska Cleanup | 5/8/1989 | See Source »

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