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Word: sheet (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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David Loya, a lab technician, holds up a sheet of copper (90? per lb.) and says to a friend: "Wow! Did you ever see the kitchen hood I built from this stuff?" Musing about copper planters, he stacks up a roll of Nalgene chemical-resistant plastic, and a couple of xenon flash tubes used to trigger ruby lasers. "It's fascinating what you can do with these," he gloats. "You can make a short-duration light-pulsing device." For fun? "Oh, yeah...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In New Mexico: High-Tech Junkyard | 11/14/1983 | See Source »

...Vacant housing units are symptoms of serious problems: blight, impending demolition, illegal condo(minim) conversion, speculation...," says the explanatory sheet on the referendum prepared by the CRCC. To prevent this, the group wants to make it illegal to keep housing vacant for more than 90 days...

Author: By Catherine L. Schmidt, | Title: Closing Loopholes or Blocking Growth? | 11/5/1983 | See Source »

...looks like just another sheet of paper. It seems innocuous enough, this check sheet simply labeled "Squad...

Author: By Mike Knobler, | Title: Counting Your Troubles | 10/19/1983 | See Source »

Next to the column of names is a list of dates from early September up to the present. The list is evidently growing quickly soon Restic will need a new sheet. The thought doesn't please the veteran mentor...

Author: By Mike Knobler, | Title: Counting Your Troubles | 10/19/1983 | See Source »

Andy Nolan's name is one of the first on the list. The notation in the middle of the sheet says thigh bruise. The senior linebacker is one of 14 players to have check marks next to their names. All 14 held starting positions before they got injured. There are only 23 starting spots on the Harvard football team...

Author: By Mike Knobler, | Title: Counting Your Troubles | 10/19/1983 | See Source »

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