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Word: perfectly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...morning was calm and clear--a perfect day for aerial sightseeing over the Grand Canyon. But by 9:30, 25 tourists had perished after two aircraft collided in midair about one mile south of the gorge's north rim. There were no survivors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Disasters: Collision Over the Canyon | 6/30/1986 | See Source »

...goals, to be drafted high and by the Celtics." Saying Bias will "always be a member of the Celtics," Auerbach delivered the unused jersey No. 30 to the family. "Bias had a natural ability that would have made him a consummate Celtic . . . The picture of health, the perfect athlete, 6 ft. 8 in. in his stocking feet . . . The best college player in America . . . One of the most happy people you'd ever want to see . . . He could jump through the roof." Like picks 1 through 17 in last week's draft, Bias was black. It is such a specious dream...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: An Empty Dream: Len Bias dies at 22 | 6/30/1986 | See Source »

...Wursthaus, for your favorite new, used and out-of-print science fiction paperbacks and hardcovers. And if any book at all will tax your brain past its limit, the Million Year Picnic (99 Mt. Auburn St.) and Newbury Comics (30 JFK St.) may be the perfect remedy...

Author: By Shari Rudavsky, | Title: Browsing for Books | 6/22/1986 | See Source »

...once trusty Titan rocket explode at California's Vandenberg Air Force Base. Lost in the fiery metallic shower was a Big Bird spy satellite, intended to keep a keen polar-orbit eye on the Soviets. The explosion was the second successive Titan 34D failure within a year, after nine perfect flights. NASA bravely tried another launch, and on May 3 was dismayed when its long-reliable Delta rocket, carrying a hurricane-spotting satellite, had to be detonated over Cape Canaveral after its main engine shut down prematurely and the vehicle tumbled out of control...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Space: Fixing Nasa | 6/9/1986 | See Source »

...environment creates a real crazy attitude in demanding people to be thin and exercise a lot, be successful and perfect, all as a package deal. There's also the suggestion that we can still eat what we want and [maintain this image]. There's no woman who isn't affected [in some way by this pressure]," says Honnet...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Opening Pandora's Box | 6/5/1986 | See Source »

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