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Word: wakeful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Republican Bush, with his schedule cleared of public appearances, spent the day in Washington meeting at the vice presidential mansion with advisers in preparation for the nationally televised debate Sunday night. The 90-minute encounter at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, N.C., will begin...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Candidates Prepare for First Debate | 9/22/1988 | See Source »

Previously Maung Maung and the party faithful had only agreed to discuss a referendum on one-party rule. If they hope their latest concession will buy some time, they are almost certain to be disappointed. In the wake of the election announcement, loudspeaker trucks raced through the streets, calling for new demonstrations to bring down the ruling clique. The same kind of insurgent spirit has gained the upper hand in most of the rest of the country...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Burma At the Edge of Anarchy | 9/19/1988 | See Source »

...find out what's biting. Superstitious residents of New York City can ring up the 976-TARO (short for tarot) to hear their fortunes, while nonsmokers can call 540- LUNG to find out about the latest tobacco-industry liability cases. Customers with Touch-Tone phones can program a wake-up service in which the customer will be greeted by a sultry recorded voice ("Time to wake up, tiger...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who Ever Said Talk Was Cheap? | 9/19/1988 | See Source »

...husband, who is LoPresti's coordinator, tried to boost the crowd's morale. "Hey, wake up everybody. This isn't the end. I got good news too," Silvio Petraglin said. "Cambridge did it before, they'll do it again...

Author: By Teresa A. Mullin, | Title: LoPresti Defeats Travaglini | 9/16/1988 | See Source »

...native of Sebring, Ohio, Conrad was an "administrative specialist" who earned $19,452 annually as the registry clerk in a vault loaded with classified documents. In the wake of the Walker case, the Pentagon reduced the number of security clearances from 4.1 million to 2.8 million. "But the Conrad case shows there's still sloppy handling of secrets," says an Army investigator...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Clerk Who Knew Too Much | 9/5/1988 | See Source »

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