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Word: overly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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But no longer. Now, Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev announces major policy initiatives to the press on a daily, rather than a quintannual, basis. Eastern European nations are stumbling over each other to declare their independence--witness the recent resignation of the entire East German Politburo. At this torrid pace, the...

Author: By Joshua M. Sharfstein, | Title: Eastern European Quiz | 11/8/1989 | See Source »

Krenz is trying to cope with the mass defection of his compatriots and the blossoming over the past month of the largest protests in East Germany's 40-year history.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: E. German Cabinet Resigns Amid Protests | 11/8/1989 | See Source »

He wasn't very successful. The game was on the line. This blond guy with the drawl turned the ball over three times. I shook my head in disgust and prepared to leave, two months of research down the drain.

Author: By Theodore D. Chuang, | Title: Locating Long-Lost Athletes Like Larry | 11/8/1989 | See Source »

The job, of course, could only be managing the Cleveland Indians. So I rushed to the City by the Lake this past weekend and sure enough, Johnny Mac was being named to manage the Tribe. The three-year search was over.

Author: By Theodore D. Chuang, | Title: Locating Long-Lost Athletes Like Larry | 11/8/1989 | See Source »

The mortgage interest deduction has the privilege of being one of the most sacred of sacred cows in the tax code. During the debate over the 1986 tax reform bill, proposals to limit the deduction to primary residences and to cap the rate of deduction at 14 percent were soundly...

Author: By John L. Larew, | Title: Middle Class on the Dole | 11/8/1989 | See Source »

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