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Word: switches (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Bloom's great giveaway of $4 milion from an oil company settlement to charitable organizations was a wonderful switch from Abscam...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Mar. 16, 1981 | 3/16/1981 | See Source »

...That annoyed New York Congressman Jack Kemp, co-author of the tax plan whose main features Reagan adopted: Kemp had thought the rate would come down to 36%. He and others argue that deep tax cuts are especially needed in high brackets to prompt the wealthy to switch money out of tax shelters into more productive savings and investment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Challenge to Change: Reagan calls for an end to spendthrift Big Government | 3/2/1981 | See Source »

Willie praises Harvard for finally achieving what he considers minimum standards. About 21 per cent of the College is a racial minority, although the percentages in the graduate schools are lower. But Willie adds that he would like to see Blacks and whites switch roles for a while. There is no easier way for a majority people to learn to be generous and compassionate, and for minorities to learn to be magnanimous, he says. "We have done a disservice to whites by not showing them what it's like to be a minority. Now many people may think...

Author: By Susan K. Brown, | Title: Teaching the School Boards | 1/28/1981 | See Source »

Though the Pill and intrauterine device are among the most effective ways of preventing pregnancy, increased concern over their side effects has led many women and their partners to switch to the less hazardous "barrier" contraceptives, the condom and diaphragm. Now interest is reviving in yet another barrier device, the centuries-old cervical...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Another Barrier to Pregnancy | 1/26/1981 | See Source »

Because of the pump's bulkiness, Kitzmiller's patients switch to the method of daily injections once they are past the eight-week mark, the period he says is most crucial to the child's development. However, he said Monday that not all diabetics require the Auto-Syringe's precise treatment. In addition, its eight ounces, constantly needed adjustments and $1100 price tag made it more impractical than regular insulin injections...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: New Insulin Pump Successful In Treating Diabetic Patients | 1/14/1981 | See Source »

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