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Word: rico (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...meantime, consider the story of Ponce de León, who was in his 50s when he first heard of the Fountain of Youth. He had subdued the natives of Puerto Rico to become a secure but bored governor. Supposedly an old Indian slave told him of the magic water, one sip of which would reverse the terrible effects of age. In 1512 the old rascal put out with three ships bound for Bimini, the supposed location of the fountain. Ponce found only the Sargasso Sea, the islands called the Dry Tortugas and flying fish. Eight years later, convinced that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: America Shapes Up: One, two, ugh, groan, splash: get lean, get taut, think gorgeous | 11/2/1981 | See Source »

...taught at the Sorbonne, Cambridge University, Princeton University, the University of Puerto Rico and the University of Tokyo, among others...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Levin to Retire in Spring '83, To Leave Harvard in January | 10/28/1981 | See Source »

...crew got together a couple of years ago to outfit a boat which one of them had bought, and bow-man David Higgins '69 is still on his 96-foot schooner, sailing somewhere off the coast of Puerto Rico. "My wife and I plan to sail through the Panama Canal, across the South Pacific to Australia, and eventually around the world," Higgings reported last week over a static-filled ship-to-shore radio frequency...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Harvard Olympic Eight | 10/17/1981 | See Source »

...well it might, compete for the Business Board. After election, Business Board members earn a healthy commission on all ads they sell, including the ones sold during the competition. The Crimson will teach you how to sell ads and subscriptions, balance the books, and run off to Puerto Rico with anything you happen to pick up on the side...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: An Act of Love | 9/30/1981 | See Source »

...transport spurred the development of business in both Hawaii and Alaska and helped to open them to statehood. It also fueled the growth of Puerto Rico and made it a leading business center of the Caribbean...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Economic Perils of Chaos Aloft | 8/17/1981 | See Source »

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