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Word: graces (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...mother Grace (Sarah Miles) is no saint, either. She married her lover's best friend because he could provide her stability. And--surprise, surprise--she's regretted the marriage ever since. Enter stupid subplot number one: with father away at war and Mac the lover still in town, and with Mac's wife Molly about to leave him, he tries to rekindle old flames with mixed results...

Author: By Ross G. Forman, | Title: Blitzed Out | 11/20/1987 | See Source »

...been buying up their assets. We are not us anymore, they tell themselves, not the nation as it was in the triumphant postwar years, the American Century. They know that they live now in a global economic village in which they must learn to compete and re-earn their grace. As Missouri Congressman Dick Gephardt tells his campaign audiences, "Reagan made us feel good. Now we've really got to be good...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Crash: Who's in Charge? | 11/9/1987 | See Source »

Some, like Notre Dame and Air Force, are former powerhouses who fell from grace. Others, like Alabama-Huntsville, are brand-new programs...

Author: By Alvar J. Mattei, | Title: The New Face of the NCAA Tourney | 11/7/1987 | See Source »

...their first hard lesson that what goes up can come tumbling down. For others, it produced a gnawing unease about not only their investments but also the health of their nation. Just as the crash of the space shuttle Challenger was a blow to America's sense of technological grace, so the crash of the market shattered its sense of financial security...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Crash: After The Fall | 11/2/1987 | See Source »

...Behind 5-2 in the sixth game, they thought about despairing again, until old Don Baylor hit a two-run homer, and Hrbek a grand slam. No team had ever won all four home games in a World Series, but by a score of 11-5 and a grace as big as all indoors, the Twins won the right to try. Meanwhile, back in St. Louis, the headline writers stood by wondering which it would be -- THIS BUD'S FOR YOU! or NO JOY IN BUDVILLE...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Series Heroes Require Introductions | 11/2/1987 | See Source »

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