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Word: switched (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...song: "Go play, young girl, while you are still free." Raisa will have her fun. And if Soviet public opinion or the exigencies of domestic politics force her to curb her activities at home, she will always be a hit on the road. All she has to do is switch on her strobe-light smile and, as she has so often before, drop one of the handful of phrases she knows in English: "See you later, alligator...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gorbachev: My Wife Is a Very Independent Lady | 6/6/1988 | See Source »

...valiant effort, but a losing one from the start. She was the fall guy in a battle the University did not let her fight to win. The administration's isolation of Taylor is indicative of its disregard for women--probably reason enough for employees to switch their votes to HUCTW...

Author: By Laurie M. Grossman, | Title: Playing to Lose | 5/20/1988 | See Source »

Because of the rough waves, the race was delayed 40 minutes and forced to be switched from Harvard's new course father down the river to its old course with the finish line in front of the Hyatt Regency Hotel. Even after the switch, the choppy waters and a strong headwind resulted in an extremely slow race, with Harvard winning in the time...

Author: By Michael Stankiewicz, | Title: Host Harvard Heavies Hound Huskies | 5/9/1988 | See Source »

...networks, the worst nightmare is a delay in the fall season. Brandon Stoddard, president of ABC Entertainment, conceded last week that if the strike lasts into June, fall shows may be delayed until November. The networks can ill afford to give viewers more reason to switch to cable channels and videocassettes. Last week the Nielsen ratings showed that the networks' share of the viewing audience shrank 9% during the past season...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bring on The Reruns! | 5/2/1988 | See Source »

...large vessel, then carried the team of 20 commandos ashore in rubber dinghies some 20 miles north of Sidi Bou Said. The commandos loaded into a Peugeot 305 and two Volkswagen vans and were delivered by MOSSAD agents to al-Wazir's doorstep. Other agents sabotaged the telephone switch box in the neighborhood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Middle East Assignment: Murder | 5/2/1988 | See Source »

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