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Word: montee (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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When a band of Argentine officers revolted last Easter, President Raul Alfonsin rushed to the Campo de Mayo army garrison near Buenos Aires and talked the mutineers into surrendering. Faced last week with another rebellion of disgruntled soldiers in the northeastern city of Monte Caseros, Alfonsin chose not to waste...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Argentina: No More Mr. Nice Guy | 2/1/1988 | See Source »

"My roots and my heart are in France," he says as he lights a Monte Cristo. But though he holds citizenship in both Britain and France, he doesn't want their official honors and no longer has any interest in being Sir James. "I wouldn't accept that title today...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Lucky Gambler: Sir James Goldsmith Is a Billionaire Buccaneer | 11/23/1987 | See Source »

Though seasoned investors vowed to wait out the market, many newcomers who had never heard a bear market growl found the sound just too menacing. During the last two weeks of October, shareholders drained a total of $13 billion out of stock mutual funds. Of that, $9 billion flowed into...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: End of The Comfort Factor | 11/16/1987 | See Source »

Edwards' creao, Laissez les bon temps rouler, often takes him to the casinos of Vegas and Monte Carlo, and one of the main goals of his current term has been to legalize casino gambling. Questions about a large gambling debt led to the governor's indictment on racketeering charges three...

Author: By Julie L. Belcove, | Title: Louisiana Politics: Laissez les Bon Temps Rouler to a Stop | 10/28/1987 | See Source »

The last time we saw Paris, we saw Sam Thomas, who is as native to Louisiana as a muskrat, dancing at Regine's, whither he had ventured from the George V, where he had a suite that he used as an office to organize a dinner at Versailles for 300...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Louisiana: We Got the Hook in 'Em Now, Bubba | 9/28/1987 | See Source »

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