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Word: runes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...royals' limousine wheeled into the driveway just past the intersection of Bob Hope Drive and Frank Sinatra Drive, beyond the 30-ft-tall reproduction Mayan column and within view of the three flags: Old Glory, the Union Jack and Annenberg's personal banner, a yellow Mayan rune against a white background. Annenberg, 74, spent 5½ years as Ambassador to the Court of St. James's. Sunnylands is a modernist San Simeon on 208 acres. Built in 1964 at a cost of $5 million, the mansion alone covers nearly an acre. Inside is a major collection...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Queen Makes A Royal Splash | 3/14/1983 | See Source »

...unusual and painful environmental epidemic is sweeping West Germany. In Bremen last week a crowd of demonstrators stoned the town hall and had to be dispersed with tear gas and water cannons. In Hamburg, police moved into a march of 5,000 youthful protesters and made rune arrests for rock throwing. In West Berlin, young people barricaded themselves in buildings and hung out Signs: HERE WE LIVE AND HERE WE STAY -WE SHALL OVERCOME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: West Germany: The Squatters | 3/30/1981 | See Source »

...Rune Borg, a salesman at a men's clothing store in Sodertalje, a suburb of Stockholm, was an accomplished amateur table-tennis player in the 1960s. He cannot remember the name of his opponent in the finals of a tournament the summer his son was nine, but that victory introduced Bjorn Borg to tennis. An only child...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Tennis Machine | 6/30/1980 | See Source »

...Rune Borg won the tournament. His son rushed up to congratulate him?and asked him to claim the racquet. "There were other prizes on the table," the elder Borg remembers, "and I wanted to have a joke on Bjorn. So I picked up another prize, a fishing rod. His face fell so, he looked like he would cry. I put down the rod real quick and picked up the tennis racquet and said, This will be my prize...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Tennis Machine | 6/30/1980 | See Source »

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