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Word: good (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...term councillor is "doing fine, resting, and should be going home in the next few days," said a spokesperson for the City Council office. A spokesperson for Mass. General said Sullivan was in "good condition...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: After Mild Heart Attack, Councillor Walter Sullivan Reported in Good Condition | 9/26/1989 | See Source »

...Lies," retorts Gro. "I do not know of any environmental group in any country that does not view its government as an adversary." She realizes that her policies are being watched and copied, but argues that it won't do any good for Norway to act alone. "The climate will not change just because Norway changes its policies. We must search for common agreements in order to help carry others along...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Norway's Radical Daughter GRO HARLEM BRUNDTLAND | 9/25/1989 | See Source »

...seek justice on their behalf, he is himself victimized by state terror that is the more frightening because of the bland face with which it covers its institutionalized psychopathy. Du Toit is subjected to steadily escalating harassment. Eventually he loses his job and his wife (Janet Suzman in a good, dour performance), and he must deal with the fact that his daughter is willing to betray him to the police...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The Bland Face of State Terror | 9/25/1989 | See Source »

...example, may represent only 5% to 10% of the victims. Many dead otters disappeared under the water, and searches for other animals were limited to the high-water marks on some of the affected islands to respect the wishes of the Native Americans who own the land. The good news is that no species appears threatened with extinction because of the spill. Indeed, the area's otters had multiplied so rapidly in recent years that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service was thinking about thinning them out before the spill did it, however horribly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: The Stain Will Remain On Alaska | 9/25/1989 | See Source »

...good way to catch a reader's attention is to start off with a bang. This book does so. Chapter 1, first sentence: "The most perilous work in America is the harvest by hand of sugarcane in South Florida." Holy mackerel, stop the presses! A lot of coal miners will certainly be relieved to learn this, not to mention scads of military test pilots. And just how perilous is this work, which is principally performed by laborers brought in from the Caribbean? An answer is tucked in at the end of a paragraph 245 pages later...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: They Take Their Lumps | 9/25/1989 | See Source »

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