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Word: wakeful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Somerville officials will consider adopting regulations on DNA research modelled on a three-year-old Cambridge statute at a meeting tomorrow, in the wake of an announcement from Genetic Institute that it would set up a laboratory in the city...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Somerville Officials to Discuss Regulations on DNA Research | 1/7/1981 | See Source »

...billed as the biggest tax rebellion in Massachusetts since the Boston Tea Party. For years, residents paid property levies that were 70% higher than the national average. So, in the wake of California's Proposition 13, Bay State citizens placed their own tax-limitation initiative on November's ballot. Under Proposition 2½, property taxes would be limited to 2½% of actual market value, auto excise taxes would be reduced by 62%, and renters would be able to take a state tax deduction for half their yearly rent. Voters, fired with visions of immediate tax relief, overwhelmingly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Trouble at the Tea Party | 12/29/1980 | See Source »

...They don't try to understand Kafka or Finnegans Wake...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: A Lively, Profitable World of Kid Lit | 12/29/1980 | See Source »

...sort you wish wouldn't catch you. Deborah Harry and the band have a sound that contrives to be both congenial and clammy, like a wet suede coat. In The Tide Is High, their current hit, they sound like a bunch of loaded reggae freaks who wake up in a Mexicali beer joint. As the title implies, this record is a machine-tooled product, but if Detroit had as keen an idea of its market as Blondie, there would be no need for federal subsidies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Sounds for the Solstice | 12/22/1980 | See Source »

...this point, Tong accidentally hit Harrison in the head with her racquet. It seemed to wake Harrison up. Playing with a new intensity, the Crimson ace won 12 of the next 13 points to win the third game...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Racquetwomen Slice Bowdoin; Corrigan Stars in 6-1 Victory | 12/15/1980 | See Source »

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