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Word: propell (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...squad of Guardian Angels in red berets helped propel the 39-year-old electronics technician through the turbulent crowds outside and hustle him back to his bachelor apartment. Still ahead lies a September sentencing of up to seven years in prison for illegal possession of a gun, plus multimillion- dollar damage suits filed against him by three of his four victims...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Not Guilty | 6/29/1987 | See Source »

...While the opposition leaders demand a full range of basic democratic freedoms, they largely agree with Chun on economic and foreign policies. The Kims would preserve the government and military bureaucracies, and make no major foreign policy shifts. Nor would they disband the giant trading houses that have helped propel South Korea's rapid growth. "We can live with the opposition's economic program," says one businessman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rebels Without a Pause | 6/29/1987 | See Source »

...White House aide predicts, viewers (and the networks) are sure to switch back to the soap operas except when some of the major witnesses are on camera. "Our responsibility is not to entertain, but to inform," says Cohen, whose eloquence in the House Judiciary Committee impeachment debate helped propel him into the Senate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hints Of Conspiracy | 5/11/1987 | See Source »

...plot of Bye Bye Verdi is just too ponderous. There's little quick repartee in the show and sappy lyrics that normally propel Puddinggoers to a night of hilarity...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bye Bye, Bye Bye Verdi | 2/25/1987 | See Source »

...flew in front of their car. The car was driven by a Belgian woman (Andrea Ferreol) who survives the crash, only to have her right leg amputated by the zoo's sadistic veterinarian. Before her other leg is amputated as well, Ferreol manages to seduce both the brothers and propel the picture into a series of more perplexing problems...

Author: By Jess M. Bravin, | Title: Cinema Veritas | 2/6/1987 | See Source »

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