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Word: stolen (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Last night in the library your bio texts were stolen. You can't afford new ones until your paycheck comes...and that's after the midterm. Should you cheat? Steal someone else's books...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LIVING ON LESS | 11/7/1980 | See Source »

...budgetary blessing or a financial fiasco? Whatever your attitude toward 24-hour automated bank tellers, you should be aware of a recent law which limits your liability in case an unauthorized transfer is made with a lost or stolen card...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: What ECON 101 never taught you... | 11/7/1980 | See Source »

...What they see is nothing much. The original 400-yd., 25-ft.-deep crater has long since been filled in to prevent further radiation. The "pearls of Trinity" - ceramic-like green glass, or Trinitite, formed from the sand by the enormous blast of heat - have been mostly buried or stolen by souvenir hunters. A few relics remain, though, sparkling in the pale sun, and visitors still filch them, cramming the radioactive rocks into their pockets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In New Mexico: Voices from Trinity | 11/3/1980 | See Source »

...unless they're unfit and hence lose money. Don't bother calling them bloodless assholes, because they think that being bloodless is a virtue. They may even accuse you of being captive to your emotions; good libertarians don't have any emotions, except rage that they're being kidnapped, stolen from, raped...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Six Ways to Argue With A Libertarian | 10/28/1980 | See Source »

...better than the tyranny of one? How can a group of people impose their will on any individual? Don't you think it's incredibly hypocritical of you to vote and give your support to a system that imposes its authority on individuals? Libertarians would rather be stolen, raped and kidnapped than hypocritical. Ed Clark will never...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Six Ways to Argue With A Libertarian | 10/28/1980 | See Source »

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