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Word: ran (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...asked his son, "Do you want this farm? If you say yes, I'll tell these men to go." Philip did not want his father to sell, and five years ago the value of the farm reached nearly $900,000. But then came bad times. Father and son ran up a combined debt of about $250,000. The value of the farm dropped to roughly $400,000. Now the Kahouns are struggling just to hold on to the place...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Clinging to the Land | 2/18/1985 | See Source »

...Harvard women's basketball train huffed and puffed and tried to catch the Bruins. But the Crimson express ran out of gas allowing Yaffe and company to establish a commanding 63-54 lead...

Author: By Andy Doctoroff, | Title: Brown Dumps Women Hoopsters, 71-64 | 2/14/1985 | See Source »

...Beat Generation entered the public eye in 1952 when the New York Times Magazine ran an essay on the Beatnik's search for faith during the Cold...

Author: By Naomi L. Pierce, | Title: A Beat Collage | 2/12/1985 | See Source »

...clock, it has had a long and illustrious history. According to Baybank, in the early 60's an errant truck sidewsiped it, smashing the time-keeper but leaving the post intact. Similar tragedy befell the clock in 1964 when another semitrailer ran over the landmark demolishing both the clock, and its post. In July 1965, the bank reinstalled the clock one more time, but a Harvard Trust's distinctive clock is back in business...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Trust's Clock Returns | 2/12/1985 | See Source »

Last week's meeting had hardly got under way when it ran into trouble. Nigerian Oil Minister Tam David-West sparked an uproar by discrediting a report prepared by Mani Said al-Oteiba of the United Arab Emirates. The study came from a committee that attempts to find out which OPEC members are secretly exceeding their quotas or selling at discounts from official prices. Financially strapped Nigeria is one of the suspects. Oteiba stormed out of the conference, telling reporters that David-West "is stabbing OPEC in the back by defying our pricing structure...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Trying to Stop a Rolling Barrel | 2/11/1985 | See Source »

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