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Word: guess (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...days later Jacqueline Cole awoke, smiled and returned her husband's joyous kiss. "Miracles can and do occur," said the happy minister. "I guess we've muddied the waters surrounding the question of a person's right to die." His wife is walking with the help of a metal frame, her memory slowly returning. Doctors hope to send her home in six weeks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Baltimore: Back From the Dead | 10/6/1986 | See Source »

...about matters of proportion and the proprieties of extensive, simultaneous media attention to an issue. Some journalists believe they are just responding to public concern. Says NBC Anchorman Tom Brokaw: "The drug story reached critical mass. It kept building up and up in almost volcanic fashion. My own guess is that the population of users is much larger than the DEA is led to believe." Yet the debate caused some news executives to ponder whether they were having unintended impact. Acknowledged ABC News Senior Vice President Richard Wald: "Has the press hyped the drug story? Piece by piece...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: Reporting the Drug Problem | 10/6/1986 | See Source »

...Epps is perfectly capable of changing his mind and holding a lottery for the tickets. Instead, he insists that there is no time to make this change. Why it takes more time to run names through a computer than it does to search through students' resumes is anyone's guess...

Author: By Joshua H. Henkin, | Title: Harvard Eppsclusivity | 10/4/1986 | See Source »

...chief, is casual in a cardigan and sport shirt. Carmine (Junior) Persico, 53, is the balding, baggy-eyed showman of the trio. Elegant in a black pinstripe suit, a crisp white shirt and red tie, the accused Colombo crime boss is acting as his own attorney. "By now I guess you all know my name is Carmine Persico and I'm not a lawyer, I'm a defendant," he humbly told the jury in a thick Brooklyn accent. "Bear with me, please," he said, shuffling through his notes. "I'm a little nervous...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hitting the Mafia | 9/29/1986 | See Source »

...instance, Julius and his new roomie, Stefan (Uwe Ochsenknecht), are doing their laundry and he foolishly puts his blue jeans in with the rest of the load. Of course, the entire wash turns blue. Stefan, who is an illustrator gets annoyed at first, but then says reflectively, "I guess I'll be in my blue phase...

Author: By Shari Rudavsky, | Title: Euro-Yuppie Male Bonding | 9/26/1986 | See Source »

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