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Word: thursdays (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...House vote will require coordination with the Senate, which voted 95-5 for a more complicated rejection measure last Thursday that included a plan to roll back the increase for Congress and the executive branch officials...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Wright Allows House Vote on Pay Raise | 2/7/1989 | See Source »

...failing that, some other semiautomatic paramilitary weapon. (His gun was actually an AKS, a Chinese-made semiautomatic version of the fully automatic Soviet AK-47, though many gun dealers and users call both versions AK-47s.) At B & B Sales in North Hollywood, owner Bob Kahn spent much of Thursday frantically phoning suppliers to replenish his sold-out stocks. "We're in a frenzy," he said. Kahn assured customers that 50 AK-47 look-alikes would arrive on Friday, but some buyers were in no mood to wait. Jay Montoya, a Los Angeles salesman who had already visited three other...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Other Arms Race | 2/6/1989 | See Source »

...academy has winning academic ways too. About 40 girls are involved in CASE studies, 15 in the G.S.A. program. Classes are held Tuesday and Thursday evenings and Saturday mornings, with Doss, Aline, assistant coach Thounsa Kearse and several volunteers from Fairfield University serving as tutors. Star outside shooter Patrina Blow, 17, a poor reader, benefited from a special remedial program. She now reads fluently and is pursued by schools like Rutgers, UConn and Georgetown. Christy and Blow are far from unique. One hundred fifty universities have made serious inquiries about other Upward Bound players...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Upward Bound Making a Fast Break Out of the Ghetto | 2/6/1989 | See Source »

Diplomats and political sources said earlier Thursday that Rodriguez for undetermined reasons apparently was ordered to give up his command and retire, or accept the post of defense minister. He refused...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Paraguayan President Forced to Quit | 2/4/1989 | See Source »

Residents deserted downtown Ascuncion streets Thursday when firefights involving cannon, recoilless rifles and heavy machine guns broke out in the most serious incident against Stroessner since he took power...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Paraguayan President Forced to Quit | 2/4/1989 | See Source »

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