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Word: pasts (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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This is no coincidence. For the past four years, Roberts has been Marsalis' man on piano for both touring and recording. Marsalis plays trumpet on Truth, and his brother Delfeayo produced the album. The result has the righteous precision Marsalis brings to his playing, but this is Roberts' showcase...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Cooking At The Keys | 7/17/1989 | See Source »

...much an economic and political debate as it is a moral debate. Representatives will have to recognize the economic and political causes of the second class status granted to women in this country. Abortion freedoms will translate into economic and political gains so long denied or ignored by the past two administrations...

Author: By Juliette N. Kayyem, | Title: A Silver Lining to 'Webster' | 7/14/1989 | See Source »

...past, prosecutors in Massachusetts have used the forfeiture statute primarily to seize valuable real estate and automobiles from wealthy drug dealers, rather than going after decrepit, inner-city properties, officials said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Marshals Wage Anti-Drug War | 7/14/1989 | See Source »

...Chinese government has in the past shown itself extremely unwilling to bow to pressures from outside influences. But many students say that the limited steps that the U.S. has taken have already shown some positive effect. Although the wave of arrests and executions still continues, it is proceeding in a much more low-key style, says...

Author: By Matthew M. Hoffman, | Title: Pushing for Change Across the Ocean | 7/14/1989 | See Source »

...past two years the Philippine government has supported scores of right- wing vigilante groups in their war against the Communist guerrillas of the New People's Army. Among them are Protestants in the tiny village of Rano in the southern Philippines, most of whom belong to a paramilitary cult that refused to pay "revolutionary taxes" to N.P.A. Last week, as Sunday-morning services began, vengeful N.P.A. guerrillas sprayed the chapel with 970 rounds from M-14s. At least 40 people were killed, including eleven children and two pregnant women. The rebels also stole the collection, about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Philippines: Slaughter in The Chapel | 7/10/1989 | See Source »

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