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Word: tilts (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...recent full-tilt scrimmage, Ferry went 13-for-18 from the floor, and, as McLaughlin says, "he's a very smart player. He's a good open shooter but he also takes the ball to the basket...

Author: By Mark H. Doctoroff, | Title: Hoopsters Tune Up for Slate, Set Sights on League Crown | 11/24/1981 | See Source »

...extremists, under Benn's leadership, that had rapidly gained momentum since the party was turned out of power in May 1979. The Bennites want Britain to scrap its nuclear arms, pull out of NATO and nationalize banks and insurance companies. In February, rebelling against the leftward tilt of the party, some of Labor's top leaders bolted to form the Social Democratic Party, which has gained in popularity so rapidly that it has topped both the Labor and Tory parties in recent polls...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Britain: Laboring Along | 10/12/1981 | See Source »

...probably not change the council's decision to deny the request. They note that the council, as a body elected by the entire Faculty, is probably representative of Faculty opinions. But some say the impact of a public meeting before the entire Faculty (council meetings are closed) could conceivably tilt debate toward the GSA's stance...

Author: By Paul A. Engelmayer, | Title: An Empty Room | 9/14/1981 | See Source »

Ambassador to the U.N. under Jimmy Carter and a former member of the contact group: "We are in danger of being on the wrong and losing side, as we were in Viet Nam, Iran and Nicaragua." A tilt toward South Africa, he adds, is "shortsighted, naive and part of [the Administration's] ideology and paranoia toward Communism. The South Africans' hope is to turn attention away from self-determination and racial domination to an East-West arena...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Africa: Marching to Pretoria's Beat | 9/14/1981 | See Source »

There are some 40 air parks around the U.S., most of them in California and in the ideally flat farm country around Chicago. But they have also sprung up in Florida, Arizona, Colorado, New York and even New Hampshire. All are operating at full tilt despite the ongoing air controllers' strike. Nineteen-year-old Cameron Airpark, 30 miles east of Sacramento, is an aeronautical paradise of clear skies and steady climate, with little fog or pollution. It consists of a 4,000-ft. paved runway surrounded by 120 half-acre lots that border on 100-ft.-wide, four-lane...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Home Is Where the Hangar Is | 9/14/1981 | See Source »

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