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Word: soaring (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...sturdy values of familial love, courage and patriotism that Saroyan so sentimentally celebrated. Just as MacDermot's 1967 Hair resonated in the era of tribal-love rock, so does The Human Comedy take wing on today's prevailing conservative winds. With some reworking, it could even soar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: A Bluesy Hymn to Sturdy Values | 2/6/1984 | See Source »

Angola has been spending at least 40% of its foreign-currency earnings on military equipment and watching its foreign debt soar to more than $2.5 billion. Prices go up and stores close down. The Cuban presence has not only drained money but also discouraged the flow of aid from the West. Yet the government knows that in the Cubans' absence, it would become difficult indeed to resist enemy raids and replace South African rule in Namibia. In the meantime, more and more Angolans have taken to dodging the draft. Throughout southern Angola, buildings, railways and dams are in ruins...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Angola: Deadly Rite of the Rainy Season | 1/23/1984 | See Source »

From cashmere to computers, Christmas sales soar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Sugarplum Shopping Spree | 12/26/1983 | See Source »

...worked out that way. The front runner did not stumble; the challenger did not soar. Far from slipping, Mondale appears to be farther ahead than ever. He has deftly sidestepped Glenn's broadsides, while Glenn has been less dexterous dodging Mondale's jabs. Glenn is still fuzzy as a candidate-"there is no meat on his bones," says a Democratic politician in Georgia-and his campaign organization has started slowly. Even The Right Stuff, a movie glorifying Glenn's role in the space program, is less than a sensation at the box office...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mondale's Machine in High Gear | 12/12/1983 | See Source »

...Last week Grenadians let their spirits soar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Now to Make It Work | 11/14/1983 | See Source »

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