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Word: roles (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Republican candidates for governor, lieutenant governor and other key offices are optimistic that the new decade could end an era in which their party has played a small role. Democrats, on the other hand, are fighting to save their reputations--tarnished by the state's fiscal crisis--and preserve a 20-year rule on Beacon Hill...

Author: By Chip Cummins, | Title: GOP Hopes Are High for 1990 Election | 11/7/1989 | See Source »

...role that the state is likely to play in regulating abortions is an issue sure to work its way into campaign rhetoric...

Author: By Chip Cummins, | Title: GOP Hopes Are High for 1990 Election | 11/7/1989 | See Source »

...think we had a pretty good turnout," Williams said, adding that she was glad to see members "taking an active role" in the union...

Author: By Jennifer L. Greenstein, | Title: HUCTW Elects First Board | 11/7/1989 | See Source »

...more expensive than the average stocking stuffer. But it comes with headphones, a high-resolution screen and an accessory called Video Link that enables players to hook two machines together for head-to-head competition. Not all the games involve zapping; some call for role playing. Nintendo hopes the diversity of the games will help attract girls, who represent 25% of Game Boy's following...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: VIDEO GAMES New Boy on The Block | 11/6/1989 | See Source »

...again last week that NATO and the Warsaw Pact should eventually be dismantled. NATO Secretary-General Manfred Worner dismissed the suggestion as "a long-standing aim" of Soviet policy. Still, if there is no cold war to fight, it will be impossible at some point to avoid reconsidering the roles of the two military alliances. One of Worner's predecessors, Britain's Lord Ismay, said the goal of NATO was "to keep the Russians out, the Americans in and the Germans down." As the Soviet threat recedes, NATO could serve to keep the West Germans, if not down, at least...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Yes, He's For Real Mikhail Gorbachev | 11/6/1989 | See Source »

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