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Word: nicely (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...said to himself during all those years twixt then and now as he let Noriega carry on his entrepreneurial ventures. Noriega was our man in Panama; for years the CIA had considered him as one of their very own secret agents. So even if Noriega wasn't a particulary nice...

Author: By Jeffrey J. Wise, | Title: Noriega's Big Mistake | 3/21/1988 | See Source »

...analysis correct down to the last petty neurosis. After all, he seemed a textbook case of rabidly loyal third world dictator. Why, his sense of loyalty seemed so profound that his vicious jackboot secret police force were nicknamed after a breed of dog: dobermans. They dressed in black. A nice touch...

Author: By Jeffrey J. Wise, | Title: Noriega's Big Mistake | 3/21/1988 | See Source »

...Ferris wheel peeks over the roof into the stadium, and a roller coaster screams by third base. Though the infield grass is plastic, the place is handsome. "Almost too nice," says the pitcher Bret Saberhagen. "It doesn't feel like spring training." In the name of civic pride and the interest of land development, tin and wood are being traded everywhere for aluminum and concrete...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: A Place for Bright Starts | 3/21/1988 | See Source »

This he resisted, except in token ways, as when he asserted his desire to be the "education President," a nice phrase that remains a flesh-free bone in his skeletal rhetoric. To go much further would be to flaunt the reality that, unlike Reagan, Bush at heart is a pragmatist rather than an ideologue, a manager rather than an innovator. In retrospect, Bush's caution was just right for the orthodox Republican primary electorate in most states, and particularly in the South, where Reagan's popularity rating in the party remains above 80%. But presidential campaigns are about change...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bush by a Shutout | 3/21/1988 | See Source »

...Harvard's got some real talented players," MSU Coach Ron Mason said. "They took advantage of us one-on-one. One goal [Pawloski's] was a real lucky goal, the other was a real nice goal. Now it's a real barnburner...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: At Halftime, It's MSU 6, Harvard 5 | 3/19/1988 | See Source »

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