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Word: preparedness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Behind the street theater, though, a profound seriousness pervaded Tiananmen, born of the knowledge that people were prepared to die for democracy. Construction workers and medical volunteers erected a makeshift clinic, using scaffolding and canvas, as doctors and nurses ministered to the hunger strikers, some of whom had sworn off...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China: State of Siege | 5/29/1989 | See Source »

UP to this point, it all seemed unreal. But the second car's arrival forced me to take it more seriously. I hoped the police were not prepared to "apprehend the perpetrators." There were several inaudible words over the walkie-talkie, then I heard "dark clothes..." I cursed myself for...

Author: By Casey J. Lartigue jr., | Title: Just Doing Their Job? | 5/26/1989 | See Source »

In an article on a recent Undergraduate Council Services committee meeting, I was reported to have said that all "ROTC students are economically disadvantaged." In fact, this view was expressed by someone else at the meeting, and is a blanket statement with which I cannot concur. Certainly, there are students...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ROTC Poll | 5/26/1989 | See Source »

By now, one might think, Washington would have wised up. Again and again, Mikhail Gorbachev has grabbed headlines and impressed world opinion by making catchy, if often propagandistic, arms-control offers. So it would behoove any American official who sits down with the Soviet leader to be prepared for surprises...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Madison Avenue, Moscow | 5/22/1989 | See Source »

Take that title literally. Under pressure to come up with an advertising campaign for a new pimple cream, hard-charging Dennis Bagley (Richard E. Grant) develops a nasty little boil on his neck. Ah, yes, a psychosomatic symptom, bound to happen to anyone with a conscience who is trying to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Unlanced Boil | 5/22/1989 | See Source »

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