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Word: knowed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...know how to solve the problem. It will be unimaginably difficult. The cooperation required will be unprecedented. But we know what to do. What is required is a change in thinking and a change in the equilibrium of the world's political system...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Planet Of The Year: What Is Wrong With Us? | 1/2/1989 | See Source »

...greatly from the genetic heritage of little-known species. Some 25% of the pharmaceuticals in use in the U.S. today contain ingredients originally derived from wild plants. Hidden anonymously in clumps of vegetation about to be bulldozed or burned might be plants with cures for still unconquered diseases. "I know of three plants with the potential to , treat AIDS," said Janzen. "One grows in an Australian rain forest, one in Panama and one in Costa Rica...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Planet Of The Year: Biodiversity The Death of Birth | 1/2/1989 | See Source »

...array of choices, selecting a personal diary has become a bold and precarious act of self-definition. It is fine for Gail Sheehy in Passages to decree that "somewhere between 35 and 45 if we let ourselves, most of us will have a full-out authenticity crisis." Sure, I know it is about time for me to decide who I really am and where I fit in the cosmos. But do I really have to grapple with these conundrums now, before I go to lunch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: The First Crisis of the New Year | 12/26/1988 | See Source »

Despite their bright prospects, the three manufacturers have been cautious about expanding their commercial production facilities in response to the orders. They know that a recession could cause a rash of order cancellations, though the volume of orders from foreign flag carriers lessens that risk. Most important is a concern that corners might be cut as production speeds up. * British Airways, Japan Air Lines and other Boeing customers have complained about sloppy work on some aircraft produced in the past three years. The company may face criminal charges in Japan because of faulty Boeing repairs that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Up, Up and Away | 12/26/1988 | See Source »

...only unfinished business in The Lyre of Orpheus. Darcourt is struggling to complete his biography of his friend Francis Cornish and trying to fill a mysterious gap in his subject's life between 1937 and 1945; readers who remember What's Bred in the Bone already know the bizarre information Darcourt will discover, including the existence of a 16th century triptych with unmistakable ties to the 20th. And a potential blackmailer turns up, hoping to hold several characters responsible for deeds that occurred way back in The Rebel Angels...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Whisperings Of Intuition THE LYRE OF ORPHEUS by R. Davies | 12/26/1988 | See Source »

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