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Word: seem (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...today's parking hassles seem bad, tomorrow's problems may be horrendous, city officials...

Author: By Salil Kumar, | Title: Parking Any Time? | 3/23/1988 | See Source »

...elite squads, the teams that always seem to be here, are still around...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: The Sweet Sixteen | 3/23/1988 | See Source »

North Carolina: No matter what year it is, the Tar Heels always seem to find a dress for the party...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: The Sweet Sixteen | 3/23/1988 | See Source »

...High Noon. He doesn't want to fight; he'd rather sit and talk things out. But if provoked, he'll fight. And he'll whip you." If the prospective Republican nominee can convince more people that he has that kind of gumption, then the title "President Bush" might seem a little more fitting than it does...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: George Bush: The Man Who Would Be President | 3/21/1988 | See Source »

...than to keep cool on Venus." Will we blow ourselves up? Probably not: "We shall abolish nuclear weapons, not by a sudden outburst of peace and goodwill but by a slow process of erosion. The weapons will be abolished as the missions for which they were designed come to seem unnecessary or absurd." And what of tinkering around with life in test tubes? Dyson issues a warning: "Genetic engineering must stop short of monkeying around irresponsibly with the species Homo sapiens." Beyond that restriction, beneficent marvels proliferate: "There are no laws of physics and chemistry which say that potatoes cannot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Three Cheers for Diversity INFINITE IN ALL DIRECTIONS | 3/21/1988 | See Source »

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