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Word: overing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Oddly enough, though, few legislators voluntarily leave for private life. Congressmen routinely run for re-election; Capitol Hill salaries are no secret to politicians who spend years -- and a great deal of money -- trying to get into the club. What goes unmentioned in all the caterwauling about the sacrifices of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Have We Gone Too Far? | 6/12/1989 | See Source »

The latest chapter in Japan's influence-peddling scandal came to a close last week as Foreign Minister Sousuke Uno was named Prime Minister. Uno replaces Noboru Takeshita, who resigned to save his ruling Liberal Democratic Party from further embarrassment over the scandal. Uno promised political reform and pledged to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Japan Numero Uno | 6/12/1989 | See Source »

$ Clare (Jacqueline Bisset), a onetime sitcom queen keen for a comeback, has buried her swinish husband Sidney (Paul Mazursky), who materializes and pledges his infernal love to her. Clare's neighbor, Lisabeth (Mary Woronov), has just moved in with her daughter Zandra (Rebecca Schaeffer) because the exterminators are at her...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Let's Misbehave | 6/12/1989 | See Source »

Many of the tales behind the numbers are horrifying. In Springfield, Mass., last April, a 13-year-old girl was walking through a park with a girlfriend when she was allegedly attacked by five boys no older than 16. They fondled her breasts and appeared to be preparing to rape...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: Our Violent Kids | 6/12/1989 | See Source »

Guns N' Roses put out an album called Appetite for Destruction, which has sold more than 6 million copies. The jacket cover, featuring a robot looming over a woman in torn clothing, was so repellent that some record stores refused to carry the album. Says Tipper Gore, co-founder of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: Our Violent Kids | 6/12/1989 | See Source »

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