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Word: lis (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Yale (4-6, 3-4): Though the Elis suffered a losing season last year they figure to make it a little higher on this year's lis. The usually strong Bulldogs have the best speed in the Ivies, a strong defensive line and a healthy Mike Luzzi at quarterback...

Author: By Mike Knobler, | Title: Ivy Wreath is Up for Grabs | 9/12/1983 | See Source »

...other members of the Solidarity commission, representing workers in major population centers, are Zbigniew Bujak of Warsaw, Bogdon Lis of Gdansk, Wladyslaw Hardck of Krakow and Eugeniusz Szurniejko of Katowice...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Polish Government Arrests Pinion, A Key Strategist for Solidarity Group | 4/25/1983 | See Source »

...immediately placed Clark on a respirator and then injected him with the tranquilizer Valium and Dilantin, an anticonvulsant medication most commonly used to control epilepsy. During the next 2½ hours, the unconscious Clark suffered intermittent seizures, but the quivering was confined to his left leg and arm. Worried, lis doctors downgraded his condition from "serious" to "critical...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: And the Beat Goes On | 12/20/1982 | See Source »

...intricate political maneuvering went on against a backdrop of desolation and fear. The residents of West Beirut were constantly reminded that the Israe lis were at their gates, that the time for a settlement was running out. Thousands fled to the safety of East Beirut and the countryside. Refugees from the south had already crowded into schools and arcades and commandeered apartments. In this tense setting, one automobile driver created a panic simply by leaving his old red Mercedes double-parked for a few minutes in front of a building packed with refugees. The danger: the car might contain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Middle East: Leave West Beirut! | 7/12/1982 | See Source »

...forget that 'every nation can lose, but only the most vile ones surrender.' " Though most union leaders, including Solidarity Chairman Lech Walesa, are in government custody, a number of prominent Solidarity figures remain at large. Among them: Zbigniew Bujak, the Warsaw regional leader; Bogdan Lis, a former Walesa deputy; Zbigniew Janas, union leader at the Ursus factory. In an underground letter circulated last week, Janas called on workers to "prevent the destruction of Solidarity" and urged preparations for a nonviolent general strike...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Poland: Calling for Freedom | 1/18/1982 | See Source »

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