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Word: pit (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...last Thursday, the yellow school bus was bound for schools in Mission, Texas. Approaching at a crossroads was a soft-drink delivery truck. The truck and bus suddenly collided, and the bus veered into a gravel pit filled with water 20 ft. deep...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Texas: Death on a Clear Day | 10/2/1989 | See Source »

Harvard's medical area lies adjacent to the Mission Hill neighborhood of Roxbury where moderate drug activity occurs. And according to Cambridge Police, the Pit in Harvard Square is a hotbed of L. S. D. sales. These areas provide Harvard with the opportunity to put the war against drugs into action...

Author: By Seth A. Gitell, | Title: Joining the War on Drugs | 9/26/1989 | See Source »

Although FBI agents masquerading as brokers spotted some wrongdoing in the pits where U.S. Treasury bonds and Swiss francs are traded, the bulk of the charges are directed at the Board of Trade's soybean pit and the Merc's Japanese yen pit. The yen traders have long been viewed with suspicion by other brokers, while the old clique of soybean traders had a reputation for playing by their own, traditional rules and resisting interference, even from their exchange officials. The Government has accused no fewer than 19 of the 50 soybean brokers and 21 of the 70 yen traders...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Snakes in The Pits | 8/14/1989 | See Source »

...aboard the Union Pacific railway circa 1865. But by the time you reach Al's Oasis at Oacoma, S. Dak., on a bluff over the glistening Missouri River, all doubt vanishes as quickly as adherence to the speed limit on I-90. The proud sign at Al's, a pit stop featuring buffalo burgers and passable 5 cents coffee, unabashedly announces WHERE THE WEST BEGINS...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Travel: Exploring The Real Old West | 8/7/1989 | See Source »

Despite the poisonous atmosphere on Capitol Hill as House Democrats lose their Speaker, the new attention to speaking fees, lobbyist-paid vacations and pac money is long overdue. -- Republican pit bull Newt Gingrich, whose accusations scuttled Wright, thirsts for more blood. Some Democrats hope it will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Contents PageVol. 133 No. 24 JUNE 12, 1989 | 6/12/1989 | See Source »

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