Word: importance
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Alice concentrated on clothing, at her worst spending up to $20,000 a year on shoes and dresses. Lucy, 43, vice president of an import company, lives alone in a one-bedroom apartment in Manhattan but has enough household furnishings to equip several families. "I have three sets of dishes for twelve," she ticks off, "20 vases, tons of place mats, tablecloths and stemware, and three or four sets of pots...
Advocates claim the test will revolutionize the investigation of violent crimes, from rapes and homicides to armed robberies. It also promises to resolve questions of kinship, a matter of import in child-support and immigration disputes, and will provide a reliable new means of identifying human remains...
Students rose to defend the quotations, arguing they didn't detract from the book's actual purpose of rating courses. "The quotes are not the import of the guide" and "don't affect the evaluation" of the courses, said Sara L. Norman '90, the CUE guide editor...
What won points for Bush and Dukakis in Sunday's debate was probably not their hard core stands on matters of ideological import. The people who are affected by those stands effectively cast their votes long ago. The candidates' ability to banter and cast stones was what won them any of the votes still up for grab...
However, those who oppose the measure question the availability of those resources. If the measure were put into effect nationwide, the U.S. would have to import an additional $6 billion worth of foreign oil each year, said Bob Palmer, a member of the "No on Four" action group...