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Word: polishers (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...This weekend really foreshadows the future," Ambinder said. "Next year we are looking for an NCAA-bid. Right now, I'm just going to polish my Ivy ring...

Author: By John B. Roberts, | Title: Penalty Stroke of Bad Luck | 11/5/1990 | See Source »

Volunteers from the Harvard Club have been tutoring Polish and Mexican immigrants in English, and helping students throughout the school strengthen their math skills...

Author: By June Shih, | Title: Harvard Club Adopts a School | 10/26/1990 | See Source »

...member troupe have accused enemies of the communist government of Hun Sen of intimidating the dancers with death threats and pressuring them to defect in order to embarrass Phnom Penh. A spokesman for Prince Sihanouk denied the charges and in turn accused Hun Sen of exploiting the dancers to polish his regime's image...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cambodia: Fancy Footwork | 10/22/1990 | See Source »

...what could be the beginning of a long-overdue reckoning with the crimes of ex-Communists, two Polish secret-police generals were arrested in Warsaw last week and charged with "directing" the October 1984 murder of Father Jerzy Popieluszko, a popular and fervent supporter of the then banned Solidarity labor union. Though four others have been convicted in the case, the two generals are the highest-ranking officials implicated in the killing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Poland: Better Late Than Never | 10/22/1990 | See Source »

...government's action came a few days after former Interior Minister General Miroslaw Milewski, who was the Politburo member responsible for the state-security police in 1984, was apprehended on charges of corruption. According to authorities, Milewski masterminded a network of Polish agents in Western countries who stole, brought to Poland and then divvied up valuables and jewelry, plus more than 2,000 troy ounces of gold valued...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Poland: Better Late Than Never | 10/22/1990 | See Source »

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