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Word: scratches (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Colfax family built their ranch from scratch, they evolved their own educational method to handle the boys' education...

Author: By Nara K. Nahm, | Title: Homeschoolers Are at Home at Harvard | 3/16/1989 | See Source »

...aims to help bring it into the 20th century. Last week Italtel, an Italian telecommunications equipment maker, said it has chosen AT&T as its partner in a five-year, $27 billion government-subsidized mega-project to rebuild the country's cranky telephone system virtually from scratch. As one of the main contractors on the project, Italtel will supply most of the basic equipment, while AT&T will provide the know-how, software and supercomputers that will make Italian phone lines hum efficiently. The job may be worth several billion dollars to Ma Bell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Rome Calling Ma Bell | 2/20/1989 | See Source »

...facilitates the effective operation of a program. Any program that becomes a part of Brooks House retains all its current advantages while gaining access to an entire support system. With a 100-year history, PBHA is a wealth of knowledge and experience; programs that join need not start from scratch, learning from their own mistakes. Rather, they can benefit from the accumulation of experiences and the other 34 programs that are currently operating. Furthermore, PBHA provides resources, like vans, supplies, etc., training for the directors of programs, and administrative and programming advice--all to facilitate and ensure the successful running...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Phillips Brooks and HAND | 2/14/1989 | See Source »

...there and he'll do anything to win that match. Doug's told us many stories of his childhood in Boston when he used to have to fight with kids to get into the lunchline, and Doug of course was always first served. I've seen him crawl, bite, scratch and do nameless other things just to come out with that `W.' In a nutshell, he's the street fighting kid we need on the team...

Author: By Michael J. Laritgue, | Title: From the Playground to Hemenway Gymnasium | 2/3/1989 | See Source »

...among 48 corpses in a Leninakan classroom. An airport worker who had held a dying child in his arms. A grizzled old man in a shabby winter coat simply shook his head from side to side. "There is nothing left there," he said. "Nothing. Everything must be built from scratch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Journey into Misery | 12/26/1988 | See Source »

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