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Word: modernes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...study the present through the past," said Goldin. "I'm an economist who studies history to study the origins of modern policy issues and the origins of aspects of the economy that are interest...

Author: By Joseph R. Palmore, | Title: Ec Seeks to Tenure First Woman Prof | 11/2/1989 | See Source »

Goldin said that for the past 10 years, she has focused on women's economic history. She said her future work will take a broader look at the "evolution of modern labor markets" since the 19th century...

Author: By Joseph R. Palmore, | Title: Ec Seeks to Tenure First Woman Prof | 11/2/1989 | See Source »

There is a Bible for every taste, or lack thereof: Bibles bound in denim and hand-tooled leather, translations in street slang, Bible comic books, Bible cartoon videos and seventy times seven other gimmicky editions. Now, for the parson who has everything, here comes the ultimate in modern packaging: the Electronic Bible. This is not a new translation but a hand-held computer containing the entire scriptural text in either the King James or the Revised Standard Version. The item, manufactured by New Jersey-based Franklin Computer, will go on sale in selected retail outlets next week. Price...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: High-Tech Bible | 10/30/1989 | See Source »

Those precautions saved hundreds of lives. In San Francisco modern office high-rises, many standing on huge steel-and-rubber springs deep below their foundations, rode out the bucking movement, bouncing and swaying as much as 30 ft. from side to side without cracking open. Within minutes after the quaking subsided, emergency response teams, honed by hundreds of hours of drills, began rescuing victims, sealing off dangerously weakened structures and coordinating relief efforts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Benefits of Being Prepared | 10/30/1989 | See Source »

...treasures uncovered there -- including some 57 kg (125.6 lbs.) of gold jewelry never before shown outside Iraq. The find, which was made by Muzahim Mahmoud Hussein, head of the Iraqi team at Nimrud, has turned out to be, by all accounts, one of the most important in modern times. John Curtis, an archaeologist from the British Museum, describes the treasure of Nimrud as the most significant archaeological discovery since King Tutankhamen's tomb was uncovered in Egypt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Golden Treasures of Nimrud | 10/30/1989 | See Source »

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