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Word: hear (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...just trying to get the lines of communication going," Bulger said, who planned the meeting. He added, "It will be a chance for us to hear from [the House speaker...

Author: By Chip Cummins, | Title: Dukakis, Lawmakers to Meet | 11/21/1989 | See Source »

This is not, of course, what I wanted to hear. After all, what right did this professor have to tell me how much work I should be doing? I could just as easily have chosen a lighter courseload and not had the problem of having to do two 10-pagers, a 12- to 15-page one, and a 30-page tutorial essay due for the end of the term, and he could not have done anything about...

Author: By Daniel M. Cogan, | Title: Is Honesty the Best Policy? | 11/20/1989 | See Source »

...Potatoes are cheaper, tomatoes are cheaper," goes the Depression-era song, but you won't hear them singing it in Japan. A new survey comparing U.S. consumer prices with their Japanese counterparts confirms what travelers have been saying for years: Japan is a bargain hunter's nightmare. On average, consumer costs in Tokyo run 40% higher than those in New York City...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COST OF LIVING: Land of the Rising Prices | 11/20/1989 | See Source »

Regan would argue that he didn't violate the tax law. (A former IRS commissioner was prepared to testify to much the same thing, but the jury was not allowed to hear this because the judge accepted the Government's argument that his views might blur the issue.) Regan's trades were part of a hedging strategy under which you buy and sell related securities at the same time. You lose on one and gain on the other, but if you've done the math right, you'll usually lose a little less than you gain. Yippee...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Money Angles: Too Much Firepower to Fit the Crime? | 11/20/1989 | See Source »

...hear the Clam Digger Band playing "When The Saints Go Marching In." This can't be a football game...the cirucs must be in town...

Author: By M.d. Stankiewicz, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: You Should Know Better... | 11/18/1989 | See Source »

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