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Word: lets (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Let us act together--beginning today--to rid the earth of this scourge," Bush said in his comments on chemical weapons...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bush Urges Chemical Weapons Reduction | 9/26/1989 | See Source »

Bulger, who personally opposes the bill, deserves credit for not attempting to block action on it, LaFontaine said. "It has been a test of whether the powerful people will let the majority rule...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Gay Rights Legislation Clears Hurdle in Senate | 9/26/1989 | See Source »

...could hear the noisy arguments from the billiard room and bar next door as I knocked on the door of the ground-floor apartment where she lived. Maritza's Mama let me in. "Your Big Sister's here, Maritza...

Author: By Gloria M. Custodio, | Title: Pushing Against Apathy | 9/26/1989 | See Source »

...aggrieving the large numbers of local Russians? In Estonia, where Russians and other minorities comprise 40% of the 1.7 million population, the Russians complain that personal snubs abound. Alexander Yashugin, a decorated World War II veteran who lives in a suburb of Tallinn, said an Estonian shopkeeper refused to let him register to buy a TV set, and would not even put him on a waiting list. "On the front, they didn't discriminate between Balt and Russian," he said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Soviet Union Look Who's Feeling Picked On | 9/25/1989 | See Source »

...reasonably clean; it's pretty pristine." The Coast Guard, which must sign off on the work Exxon has done, is more guarded. "We don't like to use the word clean," says Captain Zawadzki. "It's not as easy as washing dishes." Protecting itself against future charges that it let Exxon off the hook, the Coast Guard will / certify only that the company's cleanup plan has been executed as described...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: The Stain Will Remain On Alaska | 9/25/1989 | See Source »

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