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Word: inched (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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SIOUX CITY, Iowa--Rescuers and survivors spoke of miracles, and investigators went "inch by inch" through a cornfield yesterday looking for an explanation of the fiery crash of United Flight...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Investigators Seek Clues in DC-10 Crash | 7/21/1989 | See Source »

...around the country to transfer to Paramount the licenses and franchise rights for cable- TV units operated by Time's 82%-owned American Television and Communications. Getting approval for such transfers "would be difficult even without a hostile bid," says Ross, "but now we'll be challenging them every inch of the way." As the three-way takeover battle wears on, it is likely to be fought in just that contentious manner -- in the courts, the stock market and the corporate trenches...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Return To Sender | 6/26/1989 | See Source »

...best news for the plants is that much of the park's soil seems to have been merely singed. The charred area in some places is only a fraction of an inch deep, leaving root systems intact. Compared with Mount St. Helens, where the 1980 eruption left the side of the mountain without soil, Yellowstone was fortunate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Springtime in The Rockies | 5/29/1989 | See Source »

THAT'S the secret, really. Don't write out "TIME!!!" in inch-high scrawl--it only brings out the sadist in us. Don't (Cliffies) write offers to come over and read aloud to us your illegible remarks--we can (officially) read anything, and we may be married. Write on both sides of the page--single-blue-book finals look like less work to grade, and win points. This chic, shaded calligraphic script so many are affecting lately is handsome, and is probably worth a good five extra points if you can hack...

Author: By A Grader, | Title: A Grader's Reply | 5/15/1989 | See Source »

...billion, the 100-inch telescope is designed to detect objects up to 30 times fainter than can now be seen...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: New Prospects For Research | 4/19/1989 | See Source »

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