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Word: stoles (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...date set for its public release kept slipping. Press briefings were promised, then canceled. Finally, with no advance notice, President Reagan stepped into a largely empty White House briefing room and stole some of the report's expected thunder. With his flak for drama, Reagan announced, "If there is to be blame, it properly rests here in this office and with this President. I accept responsibility for the bad as well as the good...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mission Impossible | 1/9/1984 | See Source »

After 13 minutes of tough up-and-down play, Landry stole the puck at her own blueline, skated down the ice, and split White's legs to light the lamp for the first time, opening the game's scoring...

Author: By Nick Wurf, | Title: Icewomen Conquer Colby, 4-3 | 1/5/1984 | See Source »

Robin Hood," who stole from the poor to give to the rich. "The old minorities in coalition are the new majority!" Jackson cried, bringing the mostly white male audience to its feet. Marveled a Glenn aide: "If we had a speaking contest, Jesse would win." Agreed Rollings: "Jesse's having a big time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sniping | 12/19/1983 | See Source »

Morse said the thieves are probably "opportunistic types" who stole the objects only for their silver content...

Author: By William G. Foulkes, | Title: Jewelry Stolen From Semitic Museum | 11/30/1983 | See Source »

Ferre supporters made no bones about trying to exploit black distrust of Cubans. Black Radio Announcer Les Brown urged his WEDR listeners to form "a bolt of black thunder" at the polls. He had a taunt for any Cubans who tuned in: "You stole our jobs and you're not going to steal our city." The most dramatic display of raw enmity came when City Commissioner Joe Carollo went on TV to endorse Ferre and abruptly changed his mind, charging a visibly stunned Ferre with running a "racist campaign of hate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Two Kinds of Racial Politics | 11/28/1983 | See Source »

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