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Word: parkes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...women are looking forward to the home meet against Yale and Princeton next week at Franklin Park. Benke said she feels they can "improve upon last year's one-point loss to Princeton...

Author: By Luis J. Mendoza, | Title: W.X-Country Win, M. Split Triangular | 10/3/1994 | See Source »

...more persuasive. The California Democrat decided to find out for herself just how easy it would be to get a fake green card and driver's license. So she traded her Hermes scarf for some urban camouflage -- in this case, a gabardine pantsuit -- and went shopping in MacArthur Park, a crime-infested mini-mall for phony immigration documents near downtown Los Angeles. Never mind that the patrician politician went trailing a swarm of agents in dark suits; the fake IDs were hers for the asking. "They would have cost anywhere from $10 to $60," she says, "and I could have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Keep Out, You Tired, You Poor... | 10/3/1994 | See Source »

...several local residents are unhappy about the change. Some believe the closing of the streets and the additional traffic that will have to be rerouted onto Waterhouse St. could make it harder for them to park and exit, according to City Councillor William H. Walsh...

Author: By Anne C. Krendl, | Title: Cambridge to Reduce Traffic at Intersection | 10/1/1994 | See Source »

...days that Norway Field existed, it was a marvelous thing. Children organized soccer games to play, little girls practiced their dances and the supervisor of the park even told The New York Times that, "They'd [the children] take off their shoes." It seemed that the Norwegian government's hopes for the field had been achieved. Children only take off their shoes when they do not want to soil something precious to them...

Author: By Patrick S. Chung, | Title: The Torching of Norway Field | 9/30/1994 | See Source »

Walt Disney Co. has scrapped plans to build its colossal $650 million historical theme park on a Virginia site that opponents feared would mar some real history nearby: Manassas National Battlefield, scene of two of the most important Civil War battles. The midnight decision stunned both backers of the project, like Virginia Governor George Allen, and others who thought planned slavery exhibits and other parts of the enterprise sounded tasteless...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DISNEY PULLS UP VIRGINIA STAKES | 9/29/1994 | See Source »

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