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Word: lucia (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...will ameliorate the reality of harvesting cane by hand. It is boring, backbreaking work, carried out in oppressive heat, surrounded by the dangers of poisonous snakes, fire ants and whirling, razor-sharp scythes. Some of those who suffer these miseries take pride in their work. A man from St. Lucia tells Wilkinson, "Cutting the cane in itself is also a skillful task, you must be skillful at it. When you cutting the cane you must have a free mind...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: They Take Their Lumps | 9/25/1989 | See Source »

...Lucia Smythe, Colby's director of financial aid, said that the colleges and universities who meet annually to discuss admissions and financial aid used to pay Harvard directly for administrative services...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Nuts And Bolts Of SAS: How Colleges Share Information | 9/22/1989 | See Source »

...destroy missions against clandestine labs, airstrips, riverboats and warehouses. Last year DEA chief John Lawn, U.S. Ambassador Alexander Watson and Peruvian officials agreed to build a secure base for Snowcap activities in the Upper Huallaga. The deal called for the U.S. to haul bulldozers to a settlement called Santa Lucia, where an airstrip would be cleared so that cargo planes could land supplies. The State Department, however, objected to having U.S. Army Engineers air-drop the bulldozers; diplomats warned against political backlash if American military personnel were spotted in the valley. The final deal, worked out after Lawn brought...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Attacking The Source | 8/28/1989 | See Source »

...title outright. A win would give the Harvard seniors Ivy titles in all four of their years. "We should be able to beat Penn," freshman Stephanie Wired said...After Penn, the Crimson will attempt to defend its Easterns title the following weekend at Penn St. Cornell Coach Joe Lucia thinks this goal can be attained. "It should be a great meet, Lucia said. "I hope Harvard beats the scholarship schools and that the title stays in the league." As usual, the main competition will come from Pittsburgh and Penn State. This year, the raucous fans of the Nittany Lions should...

Author: By Andy Fine, | Title: W. Swimming Extends Three-Year Ivy Streak With 100-40 Win Over Cornell | 2/12/1989 | See Source »

...lack of money did not seem to keep Nora and James from trying to produce a family. Nora conceived a son, Giorgio, and a daughter, Lucia, before she had a miscarriage which kept her from having other children. But that did not keep the couple from having an active sex life. Joyce's wildest sexual fantasies, which readers of Ulysses will recall from the text, were earnestly fulfilled by Nora, and their erotic letters, written during the few times in their lives that they were apart, are filled with the couple's rather eccentric sexual fantasies...

Author: By Colin F. Boyle, | Title: A Portrait of the Artist's Wife | 8/12/1988 | See Source »

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