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Word: seem (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...years, Britons have been regaled with mock letters like this from Denis Thatcher, the husband of Britain's Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, to his mythical chum Bill in the satirical London magazine Private Eye. The pungent missives are all the more outrageous as they seem to capture Denis' views and ripe turn of phrase with uncanny accuracy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Britain Is This Denis a Menace? | 8/14/1989 | See Source »

This was actually Williams' best response all morning, but it doesn't seem on target. As he answered, someone in the audience wrote on the back of a piece of paper: "Sign below if you would take a job at the Department of Education for under...

Author: By Melissa R. Hart, | Title: A Blot on U.S. Education | 8/11/1989 | See Source »

This outcome, however, does not seem likely given the now-imminent demise of the Contras and the apparent desire of the Nicaraguan government to appear fair. President Daniel Ortega has more to lose from the international outcry and the resumption of civil war following a military crackdown than he can gain...

Author: By Michael Stankiewicz, | Title: Don't Rush the Latin American Peace Plan | 8/11/1989 | See Source »

...other reason advanced by the presidents for dismantling the Contras so quickly is the destabilizing effect of the rebels inside the Honduran borders. This may be true, but a plan to reintegrate 50,000 Contra refugees into the Nicaraguan social and political mainstream within four months doesn't seem viable...

Author: By Michael Stankiewicz, | Title: Don't Rush the Latin American Peace Plan | 8/11/1989 | See Source »

...uninitiated, the sport may seem ridiculously simple: take a long pole ; with a line, attach a fake bug and toss it at some unsuspecting fish. But the disciplines involved in this seemingly simple act take years to master. Novices often quit in disgust or spend hours on the river, pleading to heaven for the strike of just one trout. Eventually, with practice, the casts begin to land right, without a splash, and then one day a trout rises to examine the offering -- and strikes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Zen and The Art of Fly-Fishing | 8/7/1989 | See Source »

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