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Word: knowingness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Greenberg was shaped for his role of Samaritan of the streets by his memories of Depression hard times and by the charity of his father, Pinchus Joseph, who owned a Brooklyn bakery. "My father would often include a coffee cake or a sandwich in the bag without his customer's...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gloves for The Needy: One Heart Warms Many Chilly Fingers | 1/2/1989 | See Source »

Even American Jews were surprisingly mild in their response to a move many of them deeply mistrust. Most of them trust George Shultz as the best friend Israel ever had, and that seemed to help them see beyond natural fear to the glimmer of hope these events refract. In a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Breakthrough : After 13 years of silence, the U.S. agrees to talk with the P.L.O. | 12/26/1988 | See Source »

The praise was directed at Mikhail Gorbachev's promise to reduce, by 1991, Soviet troops and conventional armaments along the "central front" that divides West Germany and the East bloc nations. Western strategists have nervously watched that historic invasion corridor for four decades, knowing it is where a Soviet assault...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Crunching Gorbachev's Numbers | 12/19/1988 | See Source »

The idea that English is the only language worth knowing is not only an insult to the countries with whom we practice trade and tourism, but it is also a handicap to our own success and culture.

Author: By Kelly A. Matthews, | Title: Harvard, Parlez-vous Francais? Espanol? | 12/13/1988 | See Source »

The campaign was divisive, and the election itself will not heal any wounds. It was decided by a single vote in the New England delegation after Morrison was knocked out on the first ballot. Although Kennedy needed only one of Morrison's three supporters on the second ballot to win...

Author: By Colin F. Boyle, | Title: A Cure for Kennedyitis | 12/8/1988 | See Source »

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