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Word: twos (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...thing that made a large difference in the shape of their trade-offs was the lack of a community of like-minded peers facing similar situations and conflicts. Moving into the world, by ones or twos, they had to start from scratch. The political convictions of many, though without the same intensity of political practice, survived; for others, these convictions were not strong enough to weather the pressures of the American Dream; in short, there are some who sold...

Author: By Mark E. Feinberg, | Title: Idealists meet the real world | 6/7/1984 | See Source »

...play if there was no chance to win." Or maybe it is time for him "to swim to Japan." With Rose on the bench even for a day, it seemed odd to think that a World Series was going on, the composite classic where even the managers came in twos and threes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: A Series of Replacements | 10/24/1983 | See Source »

When the first scene opens the group's leaders Steve (Carlos LaPuerta) and Zola (Nicole Galland) are fitfully glancing at their watches wondering if anyone will show up at their inaugural meeting of N.E.P. Character introductions are natural as the new members file into the room in ones and twos. Group encounter style they introduce themselves giving the audience a chance to size them...

Author: By Mary Humes, | Title: Radical Chic | 10/19/1983 | See Source »

...through the rain-sodden Chin River Valley appeared in the Dec. 18,1939, issue. "All through the valley," White wrote, "tiny Japanese garrisons were mired in mud, unable to communicate with one another and slowly starving. When off duty, simple soldiers would sneak out of their garrison posts in twos and threes and rove the countryside looking for abandoned chickens and eggs-many were caught and killed by the Chinese. The Chinese have advanced during the war from a fourth-rate army to a second-rate army. [It] has spirit. It glows. The men are willing to die. They...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher: Sep. 26, 1983 | 9/26/1983 | See Source »

From the three downtown Tuscaloosa churches, where 1,500 listened to the simple 18-min. service, it is 51 miles to Birmingham, where Bryant was buried. On the cold Friday morning, Alabamans lined the first mile of the route four deep, and all of the way in ones and twos. When the white hearse, followed by hundreds of cars, came to the hospital where Bryant had died, scrub-suited surgeons stepped outside with masks dangling. The cortege passed the university where Bryant had played his college football and where he coached 25 of his 38 head-coaching seasons, winning...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tears Fall on Alabama | 2/7/1983 | See Source »

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