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Word: move (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Catherine, 10, from Boston, says that she approves of the sliding tank mainly "because they [the sponges] move around on their own. It's not hard to do, like the bubble one," she says...

Author: By Katherine E. Bliss, | Title: Summer Splash at The Children's Museum | 7/19/1988 | See Source »

...third exhibit uses clear hoses and wooden parts to demonstrate the mechanism of a well that Eaton says was fashioned in Africa. "This is how they use gravity to get water in certain parts of Africa," she says. "They move the wheel against gravity and pump the water up to a certain height, and then it falls. See? The children wouldn't be able to see that if the hoses were opaque or green or something. The clear ones demonstrate a natural fact...

Author: By Katherine E. Bliss, | Title: Summer Splash at The Children's Museum | 7/19/1988 | See Source »

...speaks softly. "You don't want to scare 'em," he explains later. When the pupils' questions become too rote, Bennett teases. "Some kids asked me if the Secret Service was here. 'See that big guy back there?' " he says, pointing to a hulking bodyguard. "If you guys make a move for me, you're in trouble...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Preacher, Teacher, Gadfly William Bennett Is Leaving | 7/18/1988 | See Source »

...plan, which envisions increased trade and diplomatic contacts and the reopening of mail service, won support from South Korea's three main opposition leaders. Even students, who plan another march on Aug. 15, conceded that the move was a belated first step toward reunification...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Korea: A Brotherly Hand | 7/18/1988 | See Source »

When he died last January at age 77, President Chiang Ching-kuo, son of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, was gingerly steering Taiwan toward democratic reforms and modestly improved relations with the People's Republic. The momentum slowed, however, under his successor, Lee Teng-hui, who hesitated to move boldly before becoming chairman of the ruling Kuomintang, or Nationalist Party. Last week the 13th Party Congress bestowed that title on President Lee, 65, thus giving him the mandate to push for change...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Taiwan: Getting Back On Track | 7/18/1988 | See Source »

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