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Word: pipings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...when I go home for the summer, I am transplated from this land of Democratic pipe dreams to a town where I am part of a voiceless minority...

Author: By Brian R. Hecht, | Title: Fear and Loathing on Long Island | 11/7/1989 | See Source »

...necklaces, earrings and gilded pins. In February, Muzahim was granted permission to extend the explorations. Last April, digging near the spot where Christie plotted her thriller, he found what looked like a piece of pavement. When he and his workers cleared off the dirt, they uncovered a small ceramic pipe resembling an air vent. The "pavement" turned out to be the arched roof of a small rectangular tomb. Inside: a dusty sarcophagus. "I pried the top off with an iron bar," says Muzahim. "There was more dust inside, but when I held up the light, it was reflected back into...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Golden Treasures of Nimrud | 10/30/1989 | See Source »

...makes it run. To the discomfort of U.S. automakers, a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee voted unanimously last week to adopt California's strict limits for the 1990s as the law of the land. The measure, which seemed certain to win House approval, would cut existing levels of tail-pipe pollutants as much as 60% from 1994 to 1996 and could phase out much of the remainder by 2006. The Senate is considering an even stronger bill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Yearning To Breathe Free | 10/16/1989 | See Source »

...clean air. Chrysler vice chairman Gerald Greenwald noted in August that automakers had hurt their credibility by stubbornly opposing most new regulations. And while GM's Stempel attacked the House vote last week, he acknowledged that the subcommittee had at least cleared up confusion over what the new tail-pipe standards would be. For all its past intransigence, Detroit may be ready to concede that compromise is a two-way street...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Yearning To Breathe Free | 10/16/1989 | See Source »

...When people see raw sewage spill out of a pipe or toilet on their floor or carpet, it takes a lot of convincing to [let them know it is] cleaned up afterward," he said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Complaint Prompts OSHA Query | 9/29/1989 | See Source »

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