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Word: offerred (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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INDIANA PROBABLY has a lot to offer. It brought us David Letterman, for instance. But if the creators of Hoosiers are to be believed, then every community in the state has nothing better to do for five months of the year than to follow its high school basketball team from quaint agrarian town to quaint agrarian town, living and dying by their every dribble...

Author: By David A. Shaywitz, | Title: Cinema Veritas | 2/27/1987 | See Source »

...Students offer varying reasons for their foosball fascination. "Really because it's there," says Lopez, who defines himself as "addicted." The game tends to "get a little intense sometimes," Lopez says...

Author: By Sophia A. Van wingerden, | Title: Game or Addiction: Putting Your Best Foos Forward | 2/27/1987 | See Source »

...Airaldi and his character are the best thing that the 139th Hasty Pudding Theatricals has to offer, several other performers rise above the material as well...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bye Bye, Bye Bye Verdi | 2/25/1987 | See Source »

With less talent available for corporations to choose from, employers may offer larger salaries and more responsibility to promising college graduates. Ambitious baby-bust workers could find the path to promotion a little less crowded than it has been for baby boomers. Says Peter Morrison, a population analyst at the Rand Corp.: "Baby busters will in general have more of a choice ((in the job market)) and better prospects for advancement than the previous generation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Welcome, America, to the Baby Bust | 2/23/1987 | See Source »

...shrink from 9.5 million people in 1986 to 7.8 million by 1996. The Pentagon nevertheless expects to meet its recruitment goals, but the competition with private industry will be intense for entry-level jobholders. As the supply of younger workers declines, civilian and military employers will be forced to offer . education and training to make better use of potential recruits. By 1990, predicts the National Alliance of Business, three out of every four jobs will require education or technical training beyond high school. The Navy has set up remedial-education programs at three training stations to nudge...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Welcome, America, to the Baby Bust | 2/23/1987 | See Source »

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