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Word: forded (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...ushered into the box-like family pews for what the minister termed a "little five minute talk." He tells us about Robert Newman (the trusty church sexton, remember?) and name drops Queen Elizabeth II and President Ford. After all, Pax Britannia may be dead and the colonies may be dead and the colonies may be free, but Episcopalian ministers still know who's got class. And who's got money. As we leave the church, he reminds us that the parish is funded only by our donations and hands out his business card, telling us to "come again...

Author: By Melissa R. Hart, | Title: `One If By Land, Two If By Sea' | 10/13/1988 | See Source »

Twenty-eight years later, Peggy, then 27, bought a Ford Tempo for $8,500. She put $1,000 down, which was almost 6% of her $18,000 annual salary, and paid $230 a month. It was all she could afford...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How One California Family Has Been Caught in the Middle | 10/10/1988 | See Source »

Peggy Forrester, the one with the Ford Tempo, is the middle child -- 30 years old, well dressed, articulate, with a high school diploma and an assortment of credits from a local junior college. She has worked her way up to become a manager of a retail clothing store. Her salary of $25,000 a year sounds quite respectable. Nevertheless, she had to live at home until last year. "I couldn't afford to move out," she says. She makes about $300 a week after taxes. (The withholding includes $32 a week in Social Security tax that will help...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How One California Family Has Been Caught in the Middle | 10/10/1988 | See Source »

...marking its 50th anniversary. Quartets and choruses from six countries are on hand, England's Northernaires and Sweden's Vocal Vikings among them. A grand march through downtown brings out a galaxy of past champs. The Dukes of Harmony, 1977 and 1980 gold medalists, are prominent in a blue Ford Model A. The Gay Notes, 1958 titlists, cruise by in a '58 Edsel. Old quartets endure as much for their catchy names as their sounds. The Gala Lads and Chord Busters are here. The Four Hearsemen, who swept the 1955 sing-off garbed as undertakers, have trekked south from Amarillo...

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

...part of last week's ceremonies, the cable network presented an award to Joseph Seike, director of the Cambridge Public Library, said Ford. She said Seike "is responsible for getting public access here in Cambridge...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Public TV System Launched | 10/4/1988 | See Source »

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