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Word: retainers (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Perhaps those who are revising the Bible could get rid of the word sin and still retain the "flavor" of the King James. The Scriptures would be more universally palatable without reference...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Dec. 29, 1980 | 12/29/1980 | See Source »

...intensity of the feud has few parallels in other democracies. In one corner is aggressive, right-of-center Shimon Peres, 57, the former Defense Minister who is trying to retain the Labor Party leadership he inherited in 1977. In the other is cautious, centrist, former Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, 58, who was discredited by scandal 3½ years ago, but has been battling ever since to regain the leadership. Peres and Rabin have served in Cabinets together, and they even live within two blocks of each other in the same Tel Aviv suburb of Ramat Aviv...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ISRAEL: The Struggle of Peres and Rabin | 12/22/1980 | See Source »

...groups, the self-help message seems to be sinking in. In Chicago, Philadelphia and Kansas City residents can now call a bar-sponsored information line, listen to a tape on a subject like child custody or wills and at the end get a referral number if they want to retain a qualified practitioner. This seems a step in the right direction. But chances are that until attorneys boost their image and lower their fees, many callers will hang up before getting the referral number, and head for their bookstore instead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Those Sue-It-Yourself Manuals | 12/8/1980 | See Source »

Unable to retain its hold on the trophies in women's soccer and touch football, Winthrop picked up the slack in other areas by winning cross country, men's soccer and co-ed touch football...

Author: By Howard N. Mead, | Title: Quincy in Straus Cup Lead; Winthrop, Kirkland Stay Close | 11/26/1980 | See Source »

...Quincy should retain its lead at the end of the year, it would mark Q-World's first Straus Cup ever. Kirkland is looking to take home the cup for a record 18th time. Eliot and Winthrop are tied for second in overall Straus championships, having each carried off seven intramural trophies since the competition began in 1935. When Kirkland topped Winthrop in the final standings last year, it broke a four-year winning streak for the Thropsters...

Author: By Howard N. Mead, | Title: Quincy in Straus Cup Lead; Winthrop, Kirkland Stay Close | 11/26/1980 | See Source »

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