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Word: taras (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...flight tandem Martha Beckman and Robin Boss also played well, blanking Charlotte Haberstraw and Tara Shannon in straight sets...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Netwomen Net First in ECAC | 10/7/1985 | See Source »

Another victor was a Getty heir with the unlikely name Tara Gabriel Galaxy Gramaphone Getty, an ally of the Georgettes' in the legal battle. Tara, the son of Eugene Paul Getty and grandson of J. Paul, turned 17 on the day the settlement was reached. The teenager stands to inherit a chunk of the trust's assets on the death of the last of J. Paul's three surviving sons. The settlement calls for Tara to begin immediately receiving $250,000 in annual income...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Big Payoff: Settling a $4 billion quarrel | 6/10/1985 | See Source »

Some people have tried to console me. "Oh, southern accents are cute," they say, or "they're distinguished." My accent is neither cute nor distinguished. It is more likely to be heard at a tractor pull than echoing through the oaken halls of Tara. It hinders me in almost every new venture...

Author: By Benjamin N. Smith, | Title: Southern Discomfort | 4/6/1985 | See Source »

There were a fair share of shaggy beards, silver-winged baseball caps and even one turban, worn by a Montana-born programmer who now calls himself Sat Tara Singh Khalsa. But for the most part the hackers looked more like backpackers or professional musicians than any stereotype image of computer nerds. By day, they met for discussions and debates that included a face-off between Bonn Parker, a computer-crime expert, and John Draper, the legendary "Cap'n Crunch," who developed a system for making free phone calls by using the toy whistle from a breakfast-cereal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Computers: Let Us Now Praise Famous Hackers | 12/3/1984 | See Source »

WHETHER IT BE Casablanca, Dr. Zhivago, or Gone with the Wind, every classic war picture must feature a love story. Who can forget, for example, the unforgettable moments when Humphrey Bogart passionately sweeps Ingrid Bergman off her feet, or when, after Tara has suffered a crushing defeat. Clark Gable tells Vivien Leigh, "Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn." Although each of these films purports primarily to explore the circumstances surrounding its respective war and depict a bygone era, we all secretly know that the political and social statements are secondary to the more central and compelling story...

Author: By David B. Pollack, | Title: No Casablanca | 3/22/1984 | See Source »

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