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Word: pens (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...combination of public apathy and the government's traditional mat pen rai (never mind) attitude has for years hampered efforts to save the city. But now Deputy Prime Minister Phichai Rattakul is leading a movement to design an antiflood master plan. Thirty-two projects have been approved so far. It is estimated that the entire plan will be completed in five to ten years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Rescuing a Sinking City | 10/3/1983 | See Source »

Still, Deputy Prime Minister Phichai is determined to solve the problem. Says he: "Even if it would cost 10 billion baht [$435 million], I don't mind." Others fear that the project will fall victim to post-monsoon mat pen rai. Predicts one specialist on flood control: "After autumn, after the rains, they will forget...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Rescuing a Sinking City | 10/3/1983 | See Source »

Argeros declined to say how many of the shoplifters caught are Harvard students. "I'll say this throughout all of society6," he said, adding. "One big factor is that the person who drops a 20-cent pen in his pocket and walks out doesn't think he's done anything significant. Multiply that by 1000 and you cut into profits...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Coop Keeps Shoplifters Away With Posters and Prosecution | 9/29/1983 | See Source »

...drafted it with the knowledge of the U.S. embassy in Paris and the White House. But Mitch Daniels, executive director of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, denied that the Reagan Administration had any connection with the letter and offered his apology for the incident provoked by Perkins' pen. White House Political Director Edward Rollins condemned the misguided missive, calling it "totally insulting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: France: Innocent Abroad | 9/5/1983 | See Source »

Baron Marcel Bich, 68, the ballpoint pen and pantyhose tycoon from France, who spent $10 million over the past four campaigns, has given up at last. In Newport, where the race has been conducted since 1930, Baron Bich is remembered fondly for his distinctive white costumes and for the day he sailed off in the wrong direction at the starting line and disappeared into a fog bank. Now the old Frenchman's craft, France 3, belongs to Moviemaker Yves Rousset-Rouard, who has her back in Newport for another try. The hardiest dreamer left is Alan Bond...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Stand By to Repel Raiders | 6/27/1983 | See Source »

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