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Word: sweets (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...says the President, and although he is famous for last-minute concessions to sweet reason, he is also famous for last-minute obstinacy. And in addition to budget cutting, he sees all kinds of possibilities in "privatization," the selling off of Government assets (like grazing lands) and reducing of Government functions (like mortgage insurance). "The crystal ball is cloudy, but the political elements for the big fix are probably not now present," reports TIME National Political Correspondent Laurence I. Barrett. "In Congress, there is too much dissension within each House and within each party. In the White House, there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: A Bad Idea Whose Time Has Come | 2/3/1986 | See Source »

...Michael Caine). Eventually, each sister has an affair with one of Hannah's men. Elliot begins the roundelay by lurching into a mad pash for the beautiful, cheerful, lost Lee. Perhaps he is weary of Hannah's competence; she is a kind of live-in social worker for her sweet, nerdy husband. Lee, for her part, is tired of baby-sitting her European boyfriend (Max Von Sydow) and is ready to find another professorial loser to whom she can teach the facts of love. Meanwhile, Holly flounces desperately among Mr. Wrongs until she finds Mickey, a TV producer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Retro-Romance in a Swanky Town Hannah and Her Sisters | 2/3/1986 | See Source »

...FRIDAY THE P-51S AND THE C-46S AND THE B-25 BOMBERS CAME RUMBLING INTO TITUSVILLE OUT OF A FLAWLESS SKY (YOUR FAVORITE PAINT-AND-FENDER MAN COULDN'T SPRAY A BETTER ONE), AND ON SATURDAY 13,000 PEOPLE PAID TO WATCH THEM ALL FLY. IT WAS A SWEET, INNOCENT EXERCISE, FOR THE CROWD AS WELL AS THE PILOTS, AND NOSTALGIA CLUNG TO THE AIR LONG AFTER THE LAST LANDING...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: American Scene | 1/17/1986 | See Source »

...sweet smell of victory...

Author: By Bob Cunha, | Title: Super Bowl Bound | 1/15/1986 | See Source »

...victory was especially sweet because in the last four meetings of the two clubs, the Engineers had come away victorious each time...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Icemen Split Weekend Jaunt: Dethrone RPI, Drop to UVM | 1/6/1986 | See Source »

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