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Word: waiting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...have to wait until we look starved, like victims of a concentration camp," said Guernsey. "At that point the press will pick it up and the pressure will build. Now we are laying the groundwork for that...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Activist Fasts to Lobby For Higher Housing Aid | 10/18/1988 | See Source »

...Wait, there's more. He has provided the a cappella accompaniment for three animated Just So stories shown on Showtime and narrated by Jack Nicholson, recorded the theme for The Cosby Show and vocalized for the eye-catching, ear- gracing commercials for Levi's 501 jeans. His four-octave voice has topped Down Beat magazine's readers' poll for best male singer four years running -- that's one award per octave. For the past three years, he has also taken away Grammys for Best Male Jazz Vocalist. Now, after spending two of the past three years on the road (performing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: A Beat Box with Four Octaves | 10/17/1988 | See Source »

...instantly alter the Electoral College arithmetic favoring George Bush, but it did appear to have kept the race open as the two presidential contenders head toward their final face-off in Los Angeles this week. Wavering voters on the verge of committing to Bush may now pause, reflect and wait for the next act in the TV docudrama...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How It Plays In Toledo | 10/17/1988 | See Source »

Bill Spadea, a senior at Boston University, told the crowd, "Start chanting, 'Willie Horton.' It'll look good--Channel Four is there." Another organizer said, "We have to wait a few minutes to get an American flag--we'll look stupid without...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bay State Dems Stage Rally for Duke Ticket | 10/14/1988 | See Source »

Because women cannot go on missions until they are 21, most of them wait until after graduating from college. Erika Lambert, who has been working in Boston since her graduation in 1986, says she thinks she will find it easier to go on her mission because the things that undergraduates miss--such as dating, parties and hanging out with friends--do not seem as important several years later. "A year and a half will seem a lot shorter now than it would have then," she says...

Author: By Wendy R. Meltzer, | Title: World Travelers With a Purpose | 10/14/1988 | See Source »

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