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Word: switches (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...explain the problem to freshmen and ask them to switch assignments voluntarily...

Author: By Elizabeth H. Wiltshire, | Title: CHUL Committee Will Vote Today On Lottery Mistake | 4/15/1980 | See Source »

...When the Christian Democrats last month ruled out any such deal­a reflection of stiffening anti-Communist public opinion in the wake of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan­the Socialists withdrew their tepid support of Cossiga's minority government. Since then, however, Craxi has decided to switch rather than fight: exploiting a tilt to the right in his own party, he persuaded his central committee to back him in joining a government without the Communists. In exchange he is to have a stronger role in policymaking and a commitment from the Christian Democrats not to veto...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: Swift Carpentry | 4/14/1980 | See Source »

...engaging mercenary from South Africa. Manhattan outlasts the holdup, but, after all, it is a city of survivors. Stiehl, with a $1 million fee from the general and the man's beautiful daughter in tow, also survives. . . perhaps. In any event, it's time for him to switch to martinis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Terrorists Take Over the Thrillers | 4/14/1980 | See Source »

...system allows a technician, sitting behind a computer console, to switch heaters or fans on or off if a room temperature deviates from the 65-degree winter temperature recommended by the federal government...

Author: By Nicholas D. Kristof, | Title: Princeton Computer to Save Energy | 4/12/1980 | See Source »

...asked her. "You can't just switch the universe around, any time you're tired...

Author: By Paul R. Q. wolfson, | Title: Psychoerrata | 4/12/1980 | See Source »

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