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Word: gets (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Moores announced in February that they wereresigning so that they would have more free timeto travel and to "get on with our own work and ourlives," Moore said at the time...

Author: By Lisa A. Taggart, | Title: New Dunster Masters Chosen | 7/11/1989 | See Source »

ACTUALLY, I enjoyed the six-hour delay en route to Israel and the three-hour delay (on the runway) on the way back. It's not like I get pleasure from delays, per se. It's just that I love watching my relatives deal with them...

Author: By Joshua M. Sharfstein, | Title: The Airline With an Attitude | 7/11/1989 | See Source »

...mother: "Josh! I can't believe this? Can't you see I'm not feeling well? GET YOUR ACT TOGETHER, YOUNG...

Author: By Joshua M. Sharfstein, | Title: The Airline With an Attitude | 7/11/1989 | See Source »

...slowly. A good day at a recently acquired computer is 400 words. If he produces more, he notes with a laugh, he invariably writes less the following day. On average it takes Naipaul about a year to compose a book. "I'm with it all the time, anxious to get to the end," he says with a hint of dread. "When I'm finished, I do nothing. It takes a week before I even begin to feel tired." To keep in shape, he performs a daily exercise taught to him years ago by a family pundit in Trinidad...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: V.S. NAIPAUL : Wanderer Of Endless Curiosity | 7/10/1989 | See Source »

...cynical law-school adage says that if Americans ever held a referendum on the First Amendment, they would overwhelmingly reject it. They may soon get the opportunity. Many people were outraged when the Supreme Court ruled that the Constitution's free-speech protection extends even to occasional political protesters who torch and trample the symbol of liberty, the American flag. Among the outraged was George Bush, who proposes to do something about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Price Old Glory? | 7/10/1989 | See Source »

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