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Word: nays (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...overwhelmingly obvious nay...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: One Day's Frenzied Activity Becomes A Lifetime's Indelible Experience | 4/7/1989 | See Source »

...that's the bad news. The good news is that the women won, nay dominated, the four matches following the Tiger loss. They pummeled Brown, 8-1, Dartmouth, 9-0, and Franklin & Marshall...

Author: By Michael J. Lartigue, | Title: W. Squash Ends Another Enjoyable Year | 3/10/1989 | See Source »

CAPTION: SAYING NAY; PUMPS COMPARED

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fueling Up a Brawl: U.S. gas tax | 1/23/1989 | See Source »

...hundred years ago, when the U.S. was about to elect its first president, the fledgling nation seriously considered enthroning a king--their choice for the crown was George Washington. The general refused the offer, but he did admit that "the utility;--nay necessity" of such a powerful figurehead might one day arrive...

Author: By Eli G. Attie, | Title: Who Will Be King? | 11/7/1988 | See Source »

...people of Lawrenceburg, Tenn. (pop. 15,000), have one word they want to holler at Electrolux, the Stockholm-based appliance maker: Nej! The term (pronounced nay) is Swedish for no and expresses the intense local resentment toward Electrolux's two-month-old effort to buy Murray Ohio Manufacturing, a Tennessee bicycle and lawn-mower manufacturer that employs 2,900 workers at its Lawrenceburg plant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TAKEOVERS: Mowing Down The Invaders | 6/20/1988 | See Source »

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