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Word: toils (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...corridors and committee rooms of Congress. Though the legislation will probably not pass this term, Scheuer, who has five no-smoking signs (one in four languages) in his office, is determined to keep trying. "There are many federal workers, including myself, who are sick and tired of having to toil in the thick veil of hazy and noxious smoke," he declares...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health & Fitness: A Cloudy Forecast for Smokers | 4/7/1986 | See Source »

...athletes are an interesting breed. They're willng to toil in obscurity while their varsity brethren grab headlines and glory. This team is no different. It plays for no publicity at all. "When the season started, I told these guys `We're not playing for the Boston Herald,''' coach Steve Bzomowski said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Life in the Minors: The Men's JV Hoops Team | 2/6/1986 | See Source »

...that hassle that started with cars. For Brian M. Byrne, a smooth-running press, And competent prufers who don't buckle from stress. Liz Woodley we wish a year without flak--And a jackpot in Jersey next time you go back. For Kenny, Charles, Shoma, and all who toil here A hassle-free, late-night-free, all-star year. To all of our readers, detractors and fans A happy conclusion to holiday plans And on your return a few do-able tests, Followed up finally with some well-earned rest. A fun second semester, filled with yuks, And a springtime...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Christmas Hit List | 12/19/1985 | See Source »

...stating her emotional needs and her findings as a self- appointed crimebuster. Indeed, it is a measure of Compromising Positions' intelligence that the big speech on malefemale relations falls to Edward Herrmann, playing her husband. Angrily but without self-pity, he makes the case of the drudge-aholic whose toil supports his spouse's self-realization but whose reward is often a diagnosis that he has an intimacy problem. Like such other New York stage stalwarts as Mary Beth Hurt and Judith Ivey, he is well cast and directed by Frank Perry. They are figures who seem really to live...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Crimebuster Compromising Positions | 9/23/1985 | See Source »

...reflected in an ecumenical service in Cologne Cathedral attended by West German government leaders and clergymen from throughout Europe. Referring to the four decades since the cease-fire, Joseph Cardinal Hoffner, the Archbishop of Cologne, pointed out that in Scripture, "forty signifies a time of trial, of testing, of toil, of endurance and of reflection...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Europe the Divisive | 5/20/1985 | See Source »

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