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Word: lis (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...political reforms in Poland have the most dramatic flair of any in the Communist world, in part because they are being won under the inspiring banner of Solidarity. Roughhewn shipyard workers such as Lech Walesa and Bogdan Lis survived seven years of repression, forced the government into half-free elections, then humiliated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Eastern Europe: A Freer, but Messier, Order | 7/10/1989 | See Source »

...million from the sale into financing what is supposed to be the world's tallest (400 ft.) floating fountain. Its 41 jets will spout 15,800 gal. of Ohio River water every minute in a 20-minute computer-controlled cycle of designs, culminating in the fleur- de-lis, Louisville's official symbol. Tens of thousands gathered Friday night to watch the fountain's spectacular debut. Bingham was not among them. He died four days earlier...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Louisville: Too Late the Fountain | 8/29/1988 | See Source »

.../165 Minnesota/Cloquet, Mn. Kevin Miller F 5-10/180 Michigan St./East Lansing, Mi. Jeff Norton D 6-3/198 Michigan/Acton, Ma. Todd Okerlund F 6-0/208 Minnesota/Burnsvill e, Mn. Paul Ranheim F 6-1/200 Wisconsin/Edina, Mn. Todd Richards D 5-10/190 Minnesota/Minneapo lis, Mn. Mike Richter G 5-10/185 Wisconsin/Flourtown , Pa. Dave Snuggerud F 6-2/188 Minnesota/Minneton ka, Mn. Jim Sprenger D 5-11/187 Minn-Duluth/Cloque t, Mn. Kevin Stevens W 6-3/215 B.C./Halifax, Ma. Chris Terreri G 5-9/155 N.J. Devils/Warwick, R.I. Eric Weinrich D 6-1/205...

Author: By Adam J. Epstein, | Title: Trying to Recoup the Spirit of '84 is an Olympian Task | 11/7/1987 | See Source »

...noon on Soldiers Field, followed by the B.C. contest at 4 p.m...Kleinfelder's eight-year Ivy record is 35-3-1...Harvard's 19-game Ivy streak began with a victory over Brown in 1983...McBride's seven goals were two shy of the Ivy record set by Lis Roming of Penn in 1981. Her seven goals were also two shy of the Harvard records shared by Francesca DenHartog, Lili Pew and Sarah Mleczko...

Author: By Vadim Nikitine, | Title: Laxwomen Victorious, Destroy Brown, 19-9 | 4/17/1986 | See Source »

...star witness in Poland's latest courtroom drama arrived wearing a T shirt emblazoned with the logo of Solidarity, the outlawed labor union he helped found. Lech Walesa had been summoned by the prosecution to testify in the trial of three Solidarity supporters, Bogdan Lis, Wladyslaw Frasyniuk and Adam Michnik, charged with trying to organize strikes to protest food-price increases. Walesa's testimony was as defiant as his dress. "Three innocent people are in the dock," he told the court...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Poland: Solidarity's Day in Court | 6/24/1985 | See Source »

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