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Word: hectically (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Probably not, but many Monsanto shareholders wanted to sell while they had a chance. In two days of hectic trading, the company's shares tumbled $11.13, bottoming at $74.63 before recovering a bit to close the week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LITIGATION: The Copper-7's Costly Legacy | 9/26/1988 | See Source »

...pole-vault competition, for example. NBC's biggest technical feat, however, will simply be to get the whole shebang ready in time. Problems started in February, when the network's 60,000-sq.-ft. broadcast center in Seoul was completed -- six weeks late. Network crews have been working hectic twelve-hour days to make up time ever since...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Olympics: NBC's Bid For TV Glory | 9/19/1988 | See Source »

...prepare for the hectic Feast of the Assumption weekend that ended last Monday, French officials advised local authorities of their power to suspend the licenses of reckless drivers on the spot. A magistrate in one high- accident district promptly seized four licenses in less than 45 minutes. Zealous public servants suspended more than 2,000 licenses during the three- day holiday...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Western Europe A New Summer of Fatal Traction | 8/29/1988 | See Source »

...imaginative world of fantasy complements the otherwise complicated and often hectic pace of Katie Davis' life. Much like the boy in Lizard Music, Katie will be spending the summer hanging out with her half-sister Mona Wessels, 16. "It was weird when Mona came to live with us," says Katie. "It was like a new person, like we're adopting someone because you are taking someone from your family who doesn't live there into your family again. It's a funny feeling. It's nice but it's kinda weird...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Through the Eyes of Children: Katie, Seattle | 8/8/1988 | See Source »

...morning of Commencement, Tercentenary Theater will be carpeted with plush grass, lined with orderly rows of thousands of chairs and equipped with a sound system comparable to that of the Boston Garden. But the ostensibly simple and elegant organization belies the hectic planning and preparation that has strained many of Harvard's resources in past months...

Author: By Ryan W. Chew, | Title: The Grass Is Always Greener At Commencement | 6/7/1988 | See Source »

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