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...only in comparison with their unspeakable employers. Given the way they have been lied to and cheated by the owners in the past, the players would argue, why should they not grab all the gusto they can now? No reason, really, except the danger that they will besmirch their livelihood in order to enrich...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Three Strikes, You're Out | 3/19/1990 | See Source »

...know about communists, but it does seem that Nintendo is a major distraction in today's livelihood. Talking to 12-year-olds is a scary prospect these days. Easy E and New Kids on the Block aside, it seems like all they talk about is the latest Nintendo cartridge...

Author: By Gary R. Shenk, | Title: Of Super Marios and Zeldas | 12/2/1989 | See Source »

...lose is easily explicable. Most Democrats are wealthy commuters who care more about New York City's mayoral race than about who's fixing their streets. The only people who come out to vote are the "townies," local merchants and government workers who depend on local patronage for their livelihood...

Author: By Brian R. Hecht, | Title: Fear and Loathing on Long Island | 11/7/1989 | See Source »

...determined to turn Sanders into a professional venue, and the unfortunate consequence may be a squeezing out of student performers who rely on the building--one of the few on campus available for large events--for their livelihood...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HRE vs. Students | 10/4/1989 | See Source »

...movie's title suggests that its makers aspired to more than a good cop movie. The title comes from an exchange between Douglas and Tomisaburo Wakayama, who plays the mobster Sugai. When Douglas criticizes the mafioso's livelihood, Wakayama launches into a monologue on the horror of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings...

Author: By Kit Troyer, | Title: No Sunrise Over Tokyo | 9/22/1989 | See Source »

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