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Word: tearfulness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Inflation has hit 114 percent for September alone, 634 percent so far this year. Police officers in the center of Lima spray black water and bullets into brick-throwing rioters. I have also seen them shoot tear gas into protest marches of shantytown mothers with babies on their backs...

Author: By Ghita Schwarz, | Title: Voting Absentee | 10/24/1988 | See Source »

During the past few months, Milosevic has deftly manipulated his supporters throughout Serbia into pressing for the ouster of moderates opposed to tighter Serbian controls over Kosovo. Demonstrations erupted in Serbia and Voivodina, like Kosovo an autonomous province. In Montenegro last week, police used tear gas and nightsticks to suppress a demonstration by thousands of Milosevic partisans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Communism O Nationalism! | 10/24/1988 | See Source »

...have to chain me. Stand back! I roll it up -- up, up. And . . . down we go. I knew that would happen. See, I'm on my feet again. See, I'm starting to roll it up again. Don't try to talk me out of it. Nothing, nothing could tear me away from this rock...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SUSAN SONTAG: Stand Aside, Sisyphus | 10/24/1988 | See Source »

Pinochet's defiance produced a bizarre pattern of dancing and rioting in the streets. Police fired tear gas and water cannons at some antigovernment protesters in two days of clashes that left dozens wounded and two people dead. More than 20 foreign journalists were among the injured. On Friday hundreds of thousands of Chileans celebrated the no vote with a joyous rally in Santiago. Singing and swaying to music by popular groups, they called on Pinochet to step down...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Chile Fall of the Patriarch | 10/17/1988 | See Source »

...style pacing, voice-overs and quick-flash graphics, many of the spots require multiple viewings before a viewer can sort out the hostile charges. Seen for the first time, these ads can inspire strong but disturbingly vague emotional impressions: Dukakis is a terrible Governor; Bush wants to tear up Social Security; Dukakis believes anyone can check out of prison; the Bush campaign is run by overweight manipulators who put Machiavelli to shame...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How It Plays In Toledo | 10/17/1988 | See Source »

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