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Word: unsuccessfull (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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After several unsuccessful attempts to secure an on-campus concert this year, the undergraduate Council last night authorized the council's executive committee to spend up to $35,000 for a performance.

Author: By Brian R. Hecht, | Title: Council Votes $35K Budget for Concert | 12/18/1989 | See Source »

Attempts to reach Sakharov's home in Moscow by telephone were unsuccessful. Sakharov had suffered from angina, but during a visit to the United States in December 1988, doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital determined he did not need heart surgery or a pacemaker after cardiovascular tests.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Soviet Dissident Sakharov Is Dead at 68 | 12/15/1989 | See Source »

Finally, Larew's assumption that Israeli democracy is eroding has no support. If he wants to say that the treatment of West Bank Palestinians is "undemocratic," then I think he would get little argument from any side; the West Bank is under military occupation--a consequence of Jordan's unsuccessful...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Legitimate Debate on Israel | 12/9/1989 | See Source »

OUR government would do well in Central America to follow Gorbachev's example in Eastern Europe: withdraw support from unsuccessful, unpopular and brutal governments. While it is probably too late to win the hearts of the rebels, it is in our interest to come down on the side of human...

Author: By Ghita Schwarz, | Title: Cold War in Central America | 11/27/1989 | See Source »

Toronto-born, Novak graduated from local York University intending to be a writer ("No kid goes to bed at night dreaming he'll be a ghostwriter"). After earning an M.A. in contemporary Jewish studies at Brandeis, he spent ten years editing scholarly magazines and writing a string of financially unsuccessful...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Celebs' Golden Mouthpiece: William Novak | 11/27/1989 | See Source »

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