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Word: sure (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...rich have special problems procuring crack. They often have to make their buys in unfamiliar (and unsavory) neighborhoods, where they are prey to all kinds of rip-offs. Street crack is contaminated with an astonishing variety of chemicals, from amphetamines and meat tenderizers to pesticides. To make sure they are not being poisoned, some users are going back to a process popular years ago. They buy cocaine and convert it into a purer form of crack at home. This dangerous process, called free-basing, involves combining cocaine with baking soda and cooking the mixture. The latest trend among well...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: A Plague Without Boundaries | 11/6/1989 | See Source »

...They realize that their ability to adopt her baby depends finally on Lucy's whim. So, effectively, they adopt Lucy. She is an '80s Eliza Doolittle in the Spectors' pristine palace, getting a tantalizing glimpse of the good life on loan. Should her child live there? She's not sure. Could she live there? In a minute. Forever...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Fetal Attraction | 11/6/1989 | See Source »

...subsided. "Obviously the quake was a drawback," concedes Katherine August of First Republic Bancorp, which specializes in loans for luxury homes. "But I don't think it will have a lasting effect on the market. We closed one deal the day after the quake." Says pollster Mervin Field: "Sure it shook people up. But look at the World Series game that was interrupted at Candlestick Park. A few minutes after the quake, you had 58,000 people chanting 'Play ball! Play ball...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is California Worth the Risk? | 11/6/1989 | See Source »

Derek Mills made sure his final game in a Harvard men's soccer uniform would be remembered...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: M. Booters Edge Out Bruins, 3-2 | 11/4/1989 | See Source »

When reporters received a tip that the new president of Radcliffe would come from the University of Michigan, at least one professor there was sure of the choice...

Author: By Rebecca L. Walkowitz, | Title: Wilson Taps Former Colleague for Radcliffe | 11/4/1989 | See Source »

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