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Word: flat (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...make it neighborhood to neighborhood, but he neighborhoods have changed. The tenement districts of Charlestown, East Boston and South Boston are now condominiums. How can it be the same if there's people moving in where your father or mother paid $12 a month rent for a cold water flat and sent their kids to local school...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Hidden Political Legend | 10/13/1988 | See Source »

...still down by two. The two-point conversion was a must. Cochrane, perhaps smiling as he dropped back to pass, found Brickley open in the flat for the score...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: Big Red Balloon Takes Off, 19-17 | 10/11/1988 | See Source »

...September, had uncharacteristically died down. The problem: Discovery's computers had been programmed to maneuver the craft through strong, buffeting winds. "Imagine yourself leaning way forward into a stiff wind," explained Thomas Utsman, director of shuttle management and operations. "But suddenly and unexpectedly, the wind stops, and you fall flat on your face...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Space: The Magic Is Back! | 10/10/1988 | See Source »

Roger Welliver is flat. More than flat, he is almost completely off pitch. The song -- I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen -- calls for an F, but the note he is bellowing this scorching July morning in San Antonio is closer to a B flat. The problem is partly the fault of a ruddy young man in Big Smith overalls who has sounded the wrong note on a pitch pipe, but the small group of onlookers doesn't know that. They poke one another and guffaw...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Texas: Going for the Bird | 10/10/1988 | See Source »

Senior Bridget Bailey finished in sixth place in equitation on the flat...

Author: By Michael J. Lartigue, | Title: Equestrian Team Leaps to Fifth Place | 10/7/1988 | See Source »

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