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Word: stiffs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Fall of the Mighty. Until this year, the House leaders on both sides of the aisle have had an unspoken agreement that they would not try to unseat each other. But this summer Vander Jagt met with other Republicans and decided to break with tradition by mounting stiff challenges to high-ranking Democrats. It worked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The House Is Not a Home | 11/17/1980 | See Source »

...doubt that the plan will work and expect price cutting to continue. Said Lambsdorff: "Such a system can only last a limited time, and then it will break down." Until the international economy picks up in perhaps 18 months steelmakers are likely to continue facing a sales slump and stiff competition...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Glut of Steel | 11/17/1980 | See Source »

Arab unity shatters as Iraq's invasion meets stiff resistance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PERSIAN GULF: A Bloody Stalemate | 11/10/1980 | See Source »

...Northeast International Committee on Energy, founded in 1978 by the six New England Governors and the premiers of Canada's five eastern provinces. In addition to Monterey, the American communites were Middlebury, Vt; Ellsworth, Me.; Plymouth, N.H.; Mansfield, Conn.; and Burrillville, R.I. From the north came stiff competition-frozen stiff in some cases - from Summerside, P.E.I.; Grand FallsWindsor, Nfld.; Bridgewater, N.S.; St. Stephen, N.B.; and Baie Comeau...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Looking Ahead by Cutting Back | 11/10/1980 | See Source »

Dormant since 1977, when it recommended the regulations currently governing DNA research in the city, the Cambridge Experimentation Review Board (CERB) will study recent calls for stiff guidelines to govern commercial manufacture using recombinant DNA techniques within the city...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: City Committee Will Study Manufacture Using DNA | 11/4/1980 | See Source »

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