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Word: givings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...initiative--part of a $401 million package of budget cuts and new, non-tax revenues--would have forced the bottling industry to give the state money from unclaimed bottle and can deposits. Currently, companies hold aside deposit money in a separate fund and dole it out to stores when they return the empty containers...

Author: By Chip Cummins, | Title: Deposit Idea Removed From House Deficit Bill | 11/15/1989 | See Source »

...doesn't Bob Barker give away free Harvard-Yale game tickets on "The Price is Right...

Author: By Joshua M. Sharfstein, | Title: Mind Games Before The Game | 11/15/1989 | See Source »

...this weekend, those same activists were ready to give him a medal: Instead of killing rent control, as opponents contended the referendum would do, 1-2-3 strengthened it immeasurably...

Author: By Matthew M. Hoffman, | Title: How 1-2-3 Defeated Its Own Supporters | 11/14/1989 | See Source »

Committee members said they plan to hold events throughout the year, rather than compress them into one short time period. "We want to give it a feeling of continuity," Bryam said...

Author: By Philip M. Rubin, | Title: Planners Revamp A WARE | 11/14/1989 | See Source »

...Koreans refuse to give up the practice. Nearly 82% of those surveyed oppose the save-the-dog campaign. Dogmeat is widely thought to have aphrodisiac powers, which may explain why it is prized by the older generation: 61% of those in their 40s admit to eating it, vs. 28% in their 20s. A health official said the government still discouraged eating dogmeat, but was planning no renewed crackdown...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nutrition: Man Wants To Bite Dog | 11/13/1989 | See Source »

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