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Word: linn (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...they say, but they do take certain rights for granted. "I reject the feminist label, but I guess I'd call myself an egalitarian," says Leslie Sandberg, 27, a political-campaign worker in Boston, whose attitude seems typical of her generation. "I'm feminine, not a feminist," insists Linn Thomas, an Auburn University senior, in another variation on the theme. Adds Thomas: "I picture a feminist as someone who is masculine and who doesn't shave her legs and is doing everything she can to deny that she is feminine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Onward, Women! | 12/4/1989 | See Source »

...other 300 imperfect candlesticks? According to Charles Yeager, Washington correspondent for the weekly Linn's Stamp News, those rarities are circulating somewhere in the American heartland. "If I lived in the Midwest," says Yeager, "I'd go down to my local post office and have a look...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Truth And Reason Upside Down | 9/14/1987 | See Source »

Analog defenders contend that there is nothing wrong with LPs that cannot be cured by a $1,000 Linn Sondek turntable, a $1,200 tone arm and an $850 rosewood cartridge, among other so-called high-end components. But it seems unlikely that the ordinary music lover will want to shell out $10,000 or more to experience the hidden delights of LPs. Despite their imperfections, CDs have overwhelming advantages. The sound is clear and bright. There is no surface noise, no turntable rumble, no pitch fluctuation. Says Leonard Feldman, who runs an audio laboratory on New York's Long...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: The Great Lp Vs. Cd War | 8/25/1986 | See Source »

...monitors were inspired by a 1977 Spiderman cartoon and introduced in New Mexico six years later. Now the contraptions are catching on. Oregon's Linn County is using ankle transmitters to enforce curfew restrictions on repeat drunk-driving offenders. Kenton County, Ky., employs the devices to monitor fathers under house arrest for not paying child support. Lake County, Ill., has ordered $51,350 worth of equipment in an effort to cut prison costs and relieve overcrowding...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spiderman's Net: An electronic alternate to prison | 10/14/1985 | See Source »

...Choices) and emissary for unicef; and Donald L. Saunders, 50, Boston real estate broker; at her summer retreat near Sandefjord, on Norway's south coast. It will be the second marriage for Ullmann, who also had a long relationship with Swedish Filmmaker Ingmar Bergman, the father of her daughter Linn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Jul. 8, 1985 | 7/8/1985 | See Source »

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