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Word: minde (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...back to the Stadium and have to read another two-sentence story on the Yankees-Tigers series, then I wouldn't mind staying sick...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: A Bronx Yankee in King Roger's Court | 8/2/1988 | See Source »

...maybe there was more than cynicism behind the idea. The drug problem--some would say hysteria--has risen to the top of the public's list of concerns, and polling shows that Americans view drugs as the number one problem facing the country. With this concern in mind, the Republicans have been thinking about naming a Drug Czar of their...

Author: By David J. Barron, | Title: The Search for Czars | 8/2/1988 | See Source »

...true that Jackson's famed "I Am Somebody" speech ("my mind is a pearl; I can do anything in the world") has proven to have a universal appeal. And his speeches at suburban high schools in which he asks those who have used drugs to admit it and come forward have been powerful...

Author: By David J. Barron, | Title: The Search for Czars | 8/2/1988 | See Source »

...intelligently conducted by Kitty Dukakis' father, retired associate director of the Boston Pops Harry Ellis Dickson, Fanfare for Michael Dukakis was a freeze-dried composition by Corporate Composer John Williams, also responsible for NBC's bloated theme song. Dubbed Fanfare for a Son-in-Law, the piece brings to mind Mark Twain's crack about Wagner's music being "better than it sounds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Democrats: The Best and Brightest, the Worst and Dimmest | 8/1/1988 | See Source »

...caused the notorious phone-call-that-missed. When Lloyd Bentsen was picked as the vice-presidential nominee, Brountas gave Estrich Jackson's telephone number and the responsibility for calling with the news before Jackson left his Cincinnati hotel room for the airport. Seems that it somehow slipped her mind. When Dukakis explained to reporters that his campaign manager had not given him the number, Brountas realized Estrich would be wounded and decided to take the fall...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Democrats True-Life Tales from the Omni | 8/1/1988 | See Source »

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