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Word: sal (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Stabile said the Piro campaign will contest Albano's use of his nickname "Sal" on the sticker, adding that state election laws may require that write-in stickers use only a candidate's legal name...

Author: By Miliann Kang, | Title: Somerville Recounts Albano Ballots | 11/27/1984 | See Source »

...mule; her name is Sal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In New York: Lone Voyager | 11/19/1984 | See Source »

Finding a ring lost in the ocean would seem almost impossible. But according to Amaral's employer, Commercial Salvager Harvey Harrington, locating the ship was actually "embarrassingly easy." At least seven earlier expeditions had failed to find it. By contrast, Harrington's company, Sub-Sal of Reno, Nev., pinpointed the site in just three weeks last April, thanks to state-of-the-art devices that are making treasure hunters both more scientific and more successful. Where once these undersea detectives took a wild plunge with ancient charts and a hunch, the modern salvage team can reduce the search...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Davy Jones Meets the Computer | 10/1/1984 | See Source »

...Sal spent $75,000 to find the wreck, and will spend a million more to complete the salvage. The payoff: $5 million to perhaps $500 million, of which Delaware will claim 25%. About $50,000 of the salvor's initial investment went for one indispensable tool: side-scanning sonar of the type used by U.S. Navy ships searching for Korean Air Lines Flight 007 in the Sea of Japan last year. Mounted in a torpedo-shaped housing, the side-scanner emits pulses horizontally as well as vertically. It is towed behind a search ship, which methodically crisscrosses a designated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Davy Jones Meets the Computer | 10/1/1984 | See Source »

Robert Cunningham, a Dobbs Ferry, N.Y., police detective, had been a regular at Sal's Pizzeria in nearby Yonkers for eight years when, one night in March, he decided to offer Waitress Phyllis Penzo an unusual tip. "Hey, Phyl, I've got a lottery ticket in my pocket," he said. "Why don't we split the card?" Penzo took her chances, helped choose the numbers and ended up with a very nice tip in deed: $3 million. The newly made millionaires have modest plans for their winnings. While they both have dreams they want to fulfill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When Lightning Strikes | 5/28/1984 | See Source »

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