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Word: propped (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...happened while I was eating lunch with two of Harvard's dedicated liberal activists. One of them asked the other for help organizing opposition to Prop 1-2-3, the upcoming ballot initiative that would allow some tenants to purchase their rent-controlled apartments...

Author: By John L. Larew, | Title: Liberal Heresy? | 10/18/1989 | See Source »

...intention here to defend Prop 1-2-3. Without being incredibly well-informed on the issue, my impression is that Prop 1-2-3 is an ill-conceived and somewhat sleazy move by the real estate industry that wouldn't appreciably improve Cambridge's housing problems...

Author: By John L. Larew, | Title: Liberal Heresy? | 10/18/1989 | See Source »

Parker's ploy is to distract year counters and prop watchers with a nifty plot and vintage dialogue. His solution to the marriage dilemma is resolved in a thoroughly modern manner that requires neither a long goodbye nor a farewell, my lovely...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Capering | 10/2/1989 | See Source »

...Stone & Kelly, a firm established in the afterglow of helping elect Ronald Reagan in 1980. This created a bizarre situation in which the Reagan Administration was overtly backing Cory Aquino (managed by Sawyer Miller, a Democratic firm) while some of the President's own political handlers were trying to prop up Marcos...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: America's Dubious Export | 9/4/1989 | See Source »

Outcome of Prop...

Author: By Michael Stankiewicz, WIRE DISPATCHES | Title: Cambridge Officials Prepare For Life Without State Aid | 7/21/1989 | See Source »

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