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Word: wanteds (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...clubs do not want to restrict membership at all--and the founding members of the women's club say do not--why form a "club"? If everyone is truly welcome, why not organize parties for everyone? Integration requires actively working to include, not simply passively promising not to exclude...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Move to Exclusivity | 12/6/1989 | See Source »

...want to project out 100 years, or takesome years off of that, you can look to a utopianday when there might be none [U.S. troops inEurope]," he said. "But as I pointed out to them[NATO leaders], that day hasn't arrived--and theyagree with...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bush Urges 'New Thinking' After Summit | 12/5/1989 | See Source »

...purpose of these letters and the meeting," ECPIP member Lori M. Wallach said, "is that we want him to recognize that there's a cost to operating against the majority's wishes...

Author: By Tara A. Nayak, | Title: Letters Protest Clark Public Interest Policy | 12/5/1989 | See Source »

NIMBY means "Not In My Back Yard." Into this folder went articles about neighborhood groups that didn't want sewage treatment plants constructed near their beautiful houses, or families who objected to proposals for homeless shelters next door...

Author: By Daniel B. Baer, | Title: Why in My Backyard? | 12/5/1989 | See Source »

...last year, sitting in the seminar room where I worked, I thought of the NIMBY folder as the narrow-minded folder. All these people were protesting against what everyone agreed were necessities. They just didn't want to have to be personally involved. "Please solve society's problems," seemed to be the attitude. "Just do it where I don't have...

Author: By Daniel B. Baer, | Title: Why in My Backyard? | 12/5/1989 | See Source »

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