Word: tripping
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...above the river, it looked rickety and narrow. On the other end, two narrow roads branched off, and we had to make a U-turn on the narrow road to get back. It was the first, but not the last, traffic jam that we managed to create during the trip...
...been aware that there are private groups and private citizens that have been trying to help the Contras to that extent but we did not know the exact particulars of what they're doing," Reagan told reporters as he left the White House on a campaign trip...
...fear forced him to curtail family and social activities. "I went out only when I had to," he confesses. Not anymore. Two years ago, LaPorte read about a self-help group in Wilmette, Ill., called the Simon Foundation. Desperate, he and his wife took a six-hour train trip to attend a meeting. "I was elated," says LaPorte, who at last can enjoy evenings out with friends who know his secret. "Back then I thought I was the only one in the world with this problem...
...major base of Soviet operations to block rebel supplies from abroad. Since the mujahedin first attacked the northeastern frontier outpost six years ago, the Soviets have broken the siege twice, only to see the rebels re-establish it. Robert Schultheis, an American free-lance writer, recently made his third trip into Afghanistan since the war began -- and his second for TIME -- and observed the fighting around Barikot. His report...
Portman's $8 million vacation house is not yet finished, but sightseers are flocking to it, and some of his neighbors are knocking it. "This bad taste is being foisted on us for the sake of an ego trip," sniffed one. Protested another: "I'm a fan of his architecture, but this abuses the environment." Dismayed by the reaction, Portman refuses to discuss the project. Still, the opposition has its social limits. Asked if residents would snub the Portmans when the family moves in, one islander replied, "Lord, no. We'll be waiting / at the door for an invitation...