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Word: swiss (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Miller--who recorded 25 goals and 56 assists last year for the Spartans--scored his only Olympic goal against the Swiss. In seven games with the Spartans, Miller has scored six goals...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: Olympian Kevin Miller Sets the Record Straight | 3/21/1988 | See Source »

...cloudless sky and a blanket of fresh powder greeted Prince Charles and five companions last week as they set off for an afternoon of skiing at Klosters, Charles' favorite Swiss resort. His wife Diana and their sister-in-law Sarah had returned to the chalet after a morning on the slopes. Though Swiss authorities had issued an avalanche warning for altitudes higher than 5,000 ft., Charles and the group rode the lift to 7,000 ft. As they prepared to schuss off the main trails, a wall of snow broke loose and roared toward the skiers. Charles and three...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Britain: Close Call For Charles | 3/21/1988 | See Source »

Hakim and Secord also were charged with conspiring to pay illegal gratuities to North by arranging the installation of a security system at the Marine officer's home and by creating a $200,000 fund for his family in a Swiss bank...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: North, Poindexter Among Four Indicted | 3/17/1988 | See Source »

...secretary was scheduled to depart from Andrews Air Force Base near Washington Monday evening, arrive in the Swiss capital of Bern today, dine with Yazov tonight, meet him twice tomorrow and once Thursday before returning to Washington later that...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Carlucci, Soviets to Discuss Arms Policy | 3/15/1988 | See Source »

...accuses his wife Charlotte of infidelity, disputing her claim that she has just returned from a Geneva art auction. Due to Stoppard's cunning, his ambiguous lines refer to either her new lover or her trip. "How's old Geneva then? Frank doing well?" "What?" Charlotte asks. "The Swiss Franc. Is it doing well?" They refuse to address the crisis at hand. Instead, Max digresses on apparently far-out topics which actually parallel the scene's conflict, a technique Stoppard uses and overuses later...

Author: By Matthew L. Schuerman, | Title: Applause that Refreshes | 3/11/1988 | See Source »

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