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Word: sie (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...officer's honor to be impugned. A flip of the middle finger could cost $855. And if any of Bavaria's road demons think that being friendly will help them, they should think again. Those found . guilty of addressing police with the familiar Du rather than the more formal Sie are fined an average...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: West Germany: Curses! Fined Again | 6/27/1988 | See Source »

These population shifts change all the bric-a-brac of life. A car in Los Angeles carries a custom license plate that says SIE SIE LI, meaning, in Chinese, "thank you." Graffiti sprayed in a nearby park send their obscure signals in Farsi. A suburban supermarket specializes in such Vietnamese delicacies as pork snouts and pickled banana buds. The Spanish-language soap opera Tu o Nadie gets the top ratings among independent stations every night...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Changing Face of America: Just Look Down Broadway | 7/8/1985 | See Source »

...Monday, February 4 issue exhibit an improper and irresponsible representation of a mature dialogue between faculty and students concerning the Housing lottery. Two photographs appeared side by side, one of the Lowell House Tower and the other of a sign reading "Oh, shit! I've been Quaded[sie]! Currier House Sucks!" The Crimson's claim that the-two photographs are "a study in contrast" is completely unfounded. A photographs of a sign scribbled by an obviously distraught freshman offers no comparison to a photograph of the Lowell House Tower. In addition, the photographs have nothing to do with the articles...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Tasteless | 2/6/1985 | See Source »

Those were words he lived by to the end. His motto, in Polish, was "Nie dam sie" (I shall never give in), and he never did. "Music is not a hobby, not even a passion with me," he once said. "Music is me. I think I can say no man has lived his life more fully than I have. My life is made. If I die today, still, I've had it. Nobody can say I've been deprived of anything." Of some men it is said that they lived for their art; Rubinstein's life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: A Song to Remember | 1/3/1983 | See Source »

...Sprechen sie Deutsch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Olympics: Paper Tourist: A Yank in Moscow | 8/4/1980 | See Source »

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