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Word: lames (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Should Reagan exercise such authority, the Senate would still have to approve the appointment in its lame duck session...

Author: By Jacob M. Schlesinger and The CRIMSON Staff, S | Title: Senate Delays Feldstein Confirmation | 10/2/1982 | See Source »

...become Massachusetts' next governor. The bitter ideological and personal rivalry goes back to 1978, when King unseated Dukakis--who was governor at the time--in the Democratic primary. At a Statehouse press conference Thursday. King announced. "I will support the Democratic ticket. Michael Dukakis is on that ticket." The lame duck governor went on to say he would not campaign in the next five weeks...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Keeping Track . . . | 9/25/1982 | See Source »

Indeed, both men and women have a stake in the future of RUS. In the past years of lame student government, RUS has provided a steady supply of money for a variety of worthy student enterprises. It has helped the Black Students Association (BSA), for instance, and has also regularly helped underwritten such diverse institutions on campus as the Women's Clearinghouse and the annual Carribbean Club spring carnival. The Clearinghouse would sorely miss RUS; administrators recently eliminated the budget of the women's counseling and referral service...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Political Shenanigans | 9/24/1982 | See Source »

...Pulley, San Quentin's warden, says as much: "There's nothing to ensure that when an inmate gets out and passes by the 7-Eleven, he won't decide to rob it. That's basic to America, the opportunity to make choices." Inmate Marion Chaney does not make lame excuses. He has four more years to serve of his fifth Texas prison term. "If I am dumb enough to get in here again," he says from behind a wall of steel mesh, "boy, I'll tell you, I'll deserve...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Are Prisons For? | 9/13/1982 | See Source »

...have legs of steel at the box office, the film's producer has come up with a co-Caped Crusader: Richard Pryor, 41. In a part the folks at DC Comics never dreamed of, Pryor plays Gus Gorman, a computer wizard who dons tablecloth and skis for a lame demonstration of his own superpowers. Sm3 takes mild-mannered Clark Kent back to his high school reunion and a rekindled romance with Lana Lang, played by Annette O'Toole, 30, (Cat People). O'Toole may be beautiful, but her co-star is hot, and as Director Billy Wilder...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Sep. 13, 1982 | 9/13/1982 | See Source »

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