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Word: signs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Sign-up for the fast will take place through Friday at all Houses and at the Union. Students may sign up at any of the dining halls...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Students Give Up Meals To End African Hunger | 3/1/1988 | See Source »

...risk of stirring controversy, insurance executives have been perfectly forthright concerning their policies toward potential AIDS victims. Responding to a survey conducted by the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment, 51 of 61 insurance companies admitted that they screen or plan to screen health- insurance applicants for signs of the AIDS virus. Half the firms give blood tests for the presence of AIDS antibodies, a sign that the applicant could be stricken with the disease...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INSURANCE: The Afflicted Need Not Apply | 2/29/1988 | See Source »

...character. Today Times Square has 29 "supersigns" composed of 200 miles of neon. The latest rules require that large, bright, animated versions be included on new buildings. A planned Holiday Inn on Broadway, designed by Architect Alan Lapidus, will incorporate supersigns in its structure. A whole 50-ft.-high sign could be plugged right into the facade...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Design: Renewal, But a Loss Of Funk | 2/29/1988 | See Source »

Speaking at the University of New Hampshire, Dole humiliated a student who was asking him about South African sanctions. There's also little sign that Dole can be gracious in defeat. As he sat watching those red-white-and-blue hats piling up on the NBC delegate tote board last Tuesday night, he could not resist snapping at the Vice President for "lying...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Same Substance, Different Style | 2/29/1988 | See Source »

...back from African safari. It was too different." Ellen Malcolm of Washington, D.C., avoided telling office colleagues that she was the granddaughter of one of the founders of IBM and purposely dressed down to fit in. She explains, "I thought that they would see me as a walking dollar sign instead of the person...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: The Woes of Being Wealthy | 2/29/1988 | See Source »

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