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Word: quicked (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Truth be told, though, there are a lot of roadside attractions. Every thirty feet there's a sign saying "last chance for pecans/plums/watermelons for 100 yards! "Pull over quick! Gotta get me some of those pecans. By the time you're back in Boston you'll be addicted to the things. Fortunately, this state probably has pecan dependency clinics for college-age addicts...

Author: By Todd A. Valdes, | Title: No Sour Grapes | 4/2/1984 | See Source »

Friends say Meese's dream was to be Attorney General, and when William French Smith stepped aside, Reagan was quick to oblige. Meese's legal qualifications were hardly overwhelming: a 1958 graduate of the University of California Law School at Berkeley, he spent eight years as deputy district attorney for Alameda County, Calif.; worked briefly as a button-down attorney in private industry; and from 1978 to 1980 taught criminal law at the University of San Diego Law School. (As a professor and consultant, he earned less than $100,000 a year. His White House salary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Edwin Meese: I See a Hurt in His Eyes | 4/2/1984 | See Source »

...quick solution to the budget deficit is to double the tax on tobacco and liquor. Americans will never give up smoking and drinking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Mar. 26, 1984 | 3/26/1984 | See Source »

...total of 3,933. It once loomed as the decisive showdown of the campaign. Mondale initially figured to deliver knockout blows to all those rivals who survived the opening primaries and caucuses. Later, after Hart followed up his victory in New Hampshire with a string of quick triumphs in other early contests, it seemed just possible that the Colorado Senator might win enough votes during the week to leave the Mondale campaign hanging paralyzed on the ropes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The race between Hart and Mondale heads toward more showdowns | 3/26/1984 | See Source »

...major economic and social problem." He also said he would seek to lower the country's $24 billion budget deficit, though not by slashing social welfare programs. As for those who promise such bromides as "new ideas" and "fresh approaches," Turner warned that "there's no quick...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Canada: Turner's Turn | 3/26/1984 | See Source »

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