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Word: misses (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...fire that I have never seen in a war, and God knows I have been most democratic all the wars of our times." Sharon said that "the most democratic country did not hesitate to kill hundreds of thousands at Hiroshima. " After several more such combative interchanges, Sharon said: "Miss Fallaci! You are a very nice slander! and I don't want to lose my temper, but I never heard such slander! Such a lie! Such an insult!" Perhaps both counted on their dramatic exchanges' making the front page of the Washington Post, which they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Newswatch Thomas Griffith: Taking It to the Public | 9/27/1982 | See Source »

...steady supply of money for a variety of worthy student enterprises. It has helped the Black Students Association (BSA), for instance, and has also regularly helped underwritten such diverse institutions on campus as the Women's Clearinghouse and the annual Carribbean Club spring carnival. The Clearinghouse would sorely miss RUS; administrators recently eliminated the budget of the women's counseling and referral service...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Political Shenanigans | 9/24/1982 | See Source »

Jeanette Blakes, 28, was given a 20-to 60-year sentence for shooting to death an acquaintance who, Blakes says, attacked her with a knife. She has served six years in the Dwight Correctional Center, Illinois' women's prison. "What do I miss most here? My freedom," Blakes says. The abstraction sounds palpable. "Just my freedom. Not so much being caressed, or anything like that. You take away a person's freedom, you take away everything...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Are Prisons For? | 9/13/1982 | See Source »

...conduct chapel services. Weaver is praying for Lefthander Scott McGregor's sore arm to improve. "Or let whomever I choose to take Scottie's place-another damned decision-get the job done." When these decisions pan out, isn't this a pleasure that he will miss? "Momentarily gratifying," he grumps. "But the only real satisfaction is winning it all." He pauses. "Only did that once...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: From Raspberries to Tomatoes | 9/13/1982 | See Source »

...spot remained undetected for so long? Autopsies are not likely to reveal it, claim the authors, because most autopsies are performed on older women, whose G spots may have atrophied. Gynecologists generally miss it because testing for sexual sensitivity in the vagina is not part of diagnostic procedure or medical ethics...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sexes: In Search of a Perfect G | 9/13/1982 | See Source »

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