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Word: staying (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Laura Black, 26, a fellow worker at ESL, an electronics firm in Sunnyvale. But he got her involuntary attention by following and harassing her. In 1986 he reportedly was fired from the company after threatening to kill her. Three weeks ago, Black asked a court to order him to stay away from her, and a temporary injunction was granted. Said Black in her complaint: "I have been afraid of what this man might do to me if I filed this action...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: California: Another Fatal Attraction | 2/29/1988 | See Source »

Other administrators, however, say that the evaluators' criticisms were well-founded, although limited by their short stay at Harvard...

Author: By Susan B. Glasser, | Title: An Outside View of a Harvard Education | 2/27/1988 | See Source »

Worst of all, Julius' "voyage of discovery" is tortuously boring. Where Dorothy meets sympathetic souls on her way to Oz and shares adventures with them, Julius just keeps bumping into rock stars who stay on screen long enough to do quick, generally wooden cameos. Thus Julius meets Tom Waits, who plays Elmore's sleazy brother, for about five minutes, or long enough to get ripped off by him. Then Julius meets Dr. John, who plays Elmore's sleazy brother-in-law, for another five minutes and is again ripped off. Leon Redbone gets about six minutes as a silent Canadian...

Author: By Will Meyerhofer, | Title: Candy Molehill | 2/26/1988 | See Source »

...order to be eligible in either city, teachers or administrators must have worked in the system for at least seven years. If teachers take a half year off, they receive full pay, but if they stay out a full year they receive only half of their annual salary...

Author: By Emily Mieras, | Title: Conant Fellows: Teachers Who Learn | 2/25/1988 | See Source »

...contrast, Saint Misbehavin' resorts to tradition: a plot whose sole purpose is to stay out of the way of the all-important puns, lyrics and can-can lines. From the audience level, there's no question that this is what Pudding shows are supposed to be about...

Author: By Michael D. Nolan, | Title: Medicine Ball | 2/24/1988 | See Source »

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