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Word: ticket (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...didn't care about the ticket, the size of the fine, the justice of the arrest or anything else for that matter as I sat, annoyed, waiting for the cop to walk up to my window and ask for my license and registration. The only thing I was thinking about was how long it would take him to recognize my name and the amount of flak he was going to give me when...

Author: By Nick Wurf, | Title: My Dream Weekend In Duluth | 4/1/1985 | See Source »

Sheldon Cohen, owner of the Out of Town News newsstand and ticket agency. predicted that the development would increase business in the Square by attracting more people to the area "I think the community has come together in seeing that it is a viable project. It's better for the community," Cohen added...

Author: By David S. Hilzenrath, | Title: Parade, Hoopla Mark Charles Square Debut | 4/1/1985 | See Source »

Though she has never held elective office, Kirkpatrick's following has grown to the point where she is increasingly viewed as national ticket material in 1988. Dolan can even imagine a presidential race between her and Chrysler Chairman Lee Iacocca, running as a Democrat. More restrained assessments put her in the front rank of possible G.O.P. vice-presidential candidates. As Republican Political Consultant Lyn Nofziger notes, in a wry reference to Democrat Geraldine Ferraro's groundbreaking 1984 bid for the job, "It wouldn't be the first time a woman had been nominated for Vice President." Along with her appeal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Star Is Born - and Registered | 3/25/1985 | See Source »

...name his successor. In particular, this successor. Here, finally, was a General Secretary who could go on vacation to his native Northern Caucasus without the world wondering whether he was on a dialysis machine or a respirator. There would be no more jokes about George Bush having a season ticket to Kremlin funerals, and the programmers at Radio Moscow could broadcast Tchaikovsky's Pathetique without fearing that it would touch off rumors of an imminent solemn announcement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Soviets: Both Continuity and Vitality | 3/25/1985 | See Source »

...daily scheduled flights in operation. Thousands of passengers have been stranded from Istanbul to Rio, however, and others have endured service turbulence as supervisors performed such unfamiliar tasks as sorting baggage and serving meals. When a Manhattan traveler whose flight had been canceled demanded to see the management, his ticket agent growled, "I am the management...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Determined to Tough It Out | 3/25/1985 | See Source »

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