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Word: risen (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...since March and April of 1981 have prices risen so sharply for two months in a row. Wholesale prices rose 4.0 percent last year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Wholesale Prices Continue Upward Climb | 3/18/1989 | See Source »

Luck, hard work, some powerful connections and a willingness to gamble. That's how Nunn has risen so far so fast. The eggs aside, Nunn breezed through Perry High, Georgia Tech and Emory University law school. He was an Eagle Scout and a star forward who led Perry's high school basketball team to the 1956 state championship. "We were behind by 5 points at the half," recalls Ed Beckham, a Perry oil distributor. "Our coach was one of the winningest in the nation, but it was Sam who gave us the half-time pep talk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Smart, Dull And Very Powerful: SAM NUNN | 3/13/1989 | See Source »

Considering that it represents a reversal of centuries of black subordination, the rise of the black manager has been accomplished with remarkably little upheaval. But not without some strain. African Americans who have risen through affirmative-action plans can face resentment from white underlings. Some white subordinates fret over whether black bosses will favor other blacks. And the stories are common among black managers of white employees who ceaselessly buck their authority or who go over their heads to complain to higher-placed whites...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: When The Boss Is Black | 3/13/1989 | See Source »

...valedictorian: by 1940 he would be Governor of New Jersey and "leader of the colored race in America." As Martin Bauml Duberman observes in his compassionate biography, extravagant predictions were still being made for Paul Robeson 21 years later. The son of an escaped slave had already risen to international celebrity as a singer, actor and public speaker, and no limits were set on his future. Hardly anyone foresaw that he was standing on the edge of an irreversible decline...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Withered Roots | 3/13/1989 | See Source »

Moreover, the population of New York City jails has risen nearly 80 percent since 1985, causing severe strains on the city budget and law enforcement...

Author: By Joseph C. Tedeschi, | Title: A Time for Action | 2/28/1989 | See Source »

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