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Word: thrown (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Gorbachev is going to be thrown out--and I think there's every reason to believe that he probably will--then if you made all kinds of accommodations on the assumption that there is a brand new world order, you could find yourself embarrassed, having to backtrack, being called a dupe and also involving yourself in some things that would be much more costly if you have to try to gear up again after what did take place," Goldman says...

Author: By Joseph R. Palmore, | Title: A New Age of Soviet-American Relations | 2/1/1989 | See Source »

...Bengals also benefited from a roughing penalty late in the third quarter against Derrick Burroughs in the end zone for which the cornerback was ejected. It came after Woods was thrown for a three-yard loss and gave Cincinnati a first-and-goal...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bengals Dance Past Bills, 21-10 | 1/9/1989 | See Source »

...trashing goes on. A poisonous chemical soup, the product of coal mines and metal smelters, roils Polish waters in the Bay of Gdansk. Hong Kong, with 5.7 million people and 49,000 factories within its 400 sq. mi., dumps 1,000 tons of plastic a day -- triple the amount thrown away in London. Stinking garbage and human excrement despoils Thailand's majestic River of Kings. Man's effluent is more than an assault on the senses. When common garbage is burned, it spews dangerous gases into the air. Dumped garbage and industrial waste can turn lethal when corrosive acids, long...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Planet Of The Year: Waste A Stinking Mess | 1/2/1989 | See Source »

...actor, a 1978 Oscar nominee (The Buddy Holly Story), had just got his Harley-Davidson out of a repair shop in Culver City, Calif., and was heading down busy Washington Boulevard, when he failed to negotiate a right turn. He skidded and was thrown from his bike, his head slamming against a sidewalk. After nearly two hours of brain surgery, he was given a guardedly optimistic prognosis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: High Gear The bike-helmet battle | 12/19/1988 | See Source »

...further on two other fronts. In an article appearing in the January Penthouse, John Wesley Fletcher, a former Bakker crony, details homosexual encounters with Bakker, claiming that he also procured other young men for the boss. In ongoing bankruptcy proceedings for PTL itself, an exasperated Judge Rufus Reynolds has thrown out a $115 million bid from a Toronto firm for the theme park, cable network and other holdings, deciding instead to have an auction this week. If the price is not right, or payment terms are not favorable enough, the judge could sell off the properties separately...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Jim Bakker's Crumbling World | 12/19/1988 | See Source »

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