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Word: plaines (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...marriage between a purple-skinned polygamist and a rich Manhattan heiress. Her story of a reformed cannibal, Mgungu Yabba Mgungu, a native of the South Pacific island of New Burnt Norton, who visits New York City and finds a wife is pretentious, irritating and--worst of all--just plain boring to read...

Author: By Brooke A. Masters, | Title: A Jerk In Manhattan | 11/18/1987 | See Source »

...never before achieved fine tuning of international cooperation. Even then some danger will remain, but it will simply have to be accepted. The deficit is just not sustainable much longer. If it does not give, something else will -- and the stock market has made it all too plain what that something else will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Crash: Risks In Every Direction | 11/9/1987 | See Source »

...women are interested in Rosario Salerno, professional women and low-income women who have to work. There just is not enough childcare available," said Karla Rideout, Program Director of the Jamaica Plain Neighborhood House in Boston...

Author: By Adriane Y. Stewart, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Salerno Wins City Seat, Council Swings to the Left | 11/4/1987 | See Source »

What else would you call a policy that interferes with the right of landlords to determine their rents for no socially justifiable reason? Plain and simple using rent control to aid the wealthy at the expense of property owners unfairly scapegoat the unpopular landlord of American myth...

Author: By Stephen L. Ascher, | Title: Tyranny of the Tenant | 11/3/1987 | See Source »

...School is divided, confused, and just plain unsure of what constitutes good scholarship and qualifies a faculty member for tenure. Opponents of Clare Dalton, whose tenure bid was rejected recently, argue that her scholarship is wanting. Her supporters contend that her work is first rate and that her opponents lack objectivity and allow their biases to influence their votes...

Author: By Gary D. Rowe, | Title: A New Tenure System | 10/27/1987 | See Source »

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