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Word: mis (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Thus, considerably more was at stake in the referendum than the $3 billion spent each year by the military. One survey by the Lausanne-based research institute MIS showed that only 15% of voters really wanted to get rid of the army. The rest wanted the army reformed and defense spending trimmed, a clear- cut result of lessening East-West tensions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Switzerland The Swiss Army Gets Knifed | 12/11/1989 | See Source »

...Mis(anthrope...

Author: By Esther H. Won, | Title: The Word is Absurd | 5/4/1988 | See Source »

...miss Prascak's Le Mis(anthrope), if you're able...

Author: By Esther H. Won, | Title: The Word is Absurd | 5/4/1988 | See Source »

...Mis(anthrope) will be performed as planned...

Author: By Esther H. Won, | Title: The Word is Absurd | 5/4/1988 | See Source »

...more. In recent years the musical, which once planted America's theatrical flag from Rome to Tokyo, has been subjected to a kind of reverse Monroe Doctrine. The Great White Way's four hottest sellers -- Cats, Me and My Girl, Starlight Express and Les Miserables -- come from London (Les Mis originated in Paris). So does Phantom of the Opera, which opens in January but already boasts a $10.5 million advance sale. During the 1980s, dozens of homegrown musicals have come and gone, some losing as much as $7 million...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Some Enchanted Evening INTO THE WOODS | 11/16/1987 | See Source »

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