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Word: quit (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...didn't I just quit and not gorge myself like a thirsty horse that doesn't know when to stop drinking' I couldn't I only...

Author: By John F. Baughman, | Title: It Was the Worst of Times | 3/22/1984 | See Source »

...will do his bit in his own way. Last year he quit the Jeffrey Ballet company and became a free lance journalist. One assignment: an article about his dad for Family Circle magazine's June issue, just in time for Father's Day. What better way to make a father proud - and maybe even win a few votes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Little Rascals | 3/19/1984 | See Source »

Time may be running out. After helping to lead the party's crusade against the installation of American cruise and Pershing II missiles, retired two-star Bundeswehr General Gert Bastian quit the Greens last month, complaining of the creeping influence of the party's Marxist-Leninist faction and "a strong anti-American undertow." Elected last year as one of the party's 28 Green Deputies in the Bundestag, the gray-haired and soft-spoken 60-year-old was one of the few Greens with appeal to middle-class citizens seeking an alternative to the Social Democratic Party...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: West Germany: Tossed Salad | 3/19/1984 | See Source »

...from Richard Nixon when he was the Democratic nominee in 1972. So, after a fifth-place, 5.2% finish in New Hampshire, he decided to stay in the race through the Bay State primary on Super Tuesday. If he does not finish at least second there, he says, he will quit; even a victory would not make him a serious threat to win the nomination. His presence could be a problem for Hart and Mondale in what has become a vital state for both, less because of its 116 delegates than because of Hart's need to build, and Mondale...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Now It's Really a Race: Colorado Senator Gary Hart | 3/12/1984 | See Source »

...struggled and didn't quit," Crimson Coach Bill Cleary said after Saturday's game. "We hung in there right...

Author: By Mike Knobler, | Title: Swimmers First, Icemen Second | 3/5/1984 | See Source »

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