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Word: nothingness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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"Since the election, I've heard virtually nothing from the powers that be about the war on drugs," Von Raab protests. "On occasion there is a ceremonial session in which some official talks to us for ten minutes, but as a practical matter, we have been becalmed for a year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Loose Cannon's Parting Shot | 8/7/1989 | See Source »

Hanks, a wonderfully natural and unpretentious actor, may be the only star capable of holding his own against this competition, even stealing a scene or two from his furry friend. In the end, Turner tames Hooch down, Hooch loosens Turner up, and this little nothing of a movie -- sweeter and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Dog Days | 8/7/1989 | See Source »

"I had mixed emotions: hostility, hatred, anger. At that point, it was just welling up in me. I felt like I was in a pressure cooker. To be truthful, if I had had a gun -- and I'm scared to death of them -- I would probably have blown his brains...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Encountering A Neighbor | 8/7/1989 | See Source »

The I.A.P.A. pointed out that at least 17 DC-10s have been wrecked since the plane began flying 18 years ago; that amounts to 3.8% of the 445 DC-10s built by McDonnell Douglas, a higher percentage than that recorded by comparable superjets like the Lockheed L-1011 (1.2%). Both...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Qualms About the DC-10 | 8/7/1989 | See Source »

Human chromosomes come in 23 pairs. One member of each pair is from a person's mother and the other from the father. Except for the two sex chromosomes, the members of each pair were thought to be interchangeable. It seemed that the way a chromosome functioned in the cell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Sexy Genes | 8/7/1989 | See Source »

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