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Word: perfects (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...realize that this is a capitalist country, and believe me I am an ardent believer in the free market system and perfect competition. But I don't think that these rules were meant to apply to much-needed community service groups...

Author: By Robert Q. Mcmanus, | Title: Appreciating PBH | 7/24/1987 | See Source »

...herrings, for all their abundance, never come off as mere plot tricks. Turow, a Harvard Law Graduate who served as an assistant U.S. attorney before becoming a partner in a Chicago law firm, doesn't have to bluff to be clever. Everything--the suspicions, betrayals, attractions--come off making perfect sense, psychologically...

Author: By Jessica Dorman, | Title: Staring at the World From the Other Side | 7/17/1987 | See Source »

...week quickly slapped down the suggestion that the pesky insects may be infecting humans with the AIDS virus. For one thing, the virus does not reproduce inside mosquitoes, as it does in human blood. Nor is it found in insect saliva, which generally transports insect- borne infections. Even under perfect laboratory conditions, researchers have been unable to produce an AIDS infection by a mosquito or another biting insect...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Slapping Down The Mosquito | 7/13/1987 | See Source »

There she stands, Miss Black America. With her impeccable face, sleek figure and supernova smile, she looks like a Cosby kid made in heaven. She stirs sentiments not of lust but of protectiveness and awe; everybody around wants to adopt her, escort her or be her. And now this perfect creature picks up a microphone. Oh. You mean she sings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: The Prom Queen of Soul | 7/13/1987 | See Source »

Nevertheless, he waited for a job that wouldallow him "to gain a perspective on politics" and"keep in touch with my colleagues and the issuesof the day." For Thornburgh, the IOP position wasthe perfect job. He even turned down an offer byPresident Reagan to become Director of the FBIbecause "it was a 10-year commitment I wasn'tready to make...

Author: By John C. Yoo, | Title: Thornburgh Brings IOP His Political Experience and New Electoral Hopes | 7/7/1987 | See Source »

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