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Word: waverers (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...result unleashed another celebration, this one of even greater and more unbelievable dimensions. The nation once again took to the streets. The partying didn't subside--or even waver--throughout the night. Italians everywhere launched a frenzied celebration as if there were no tomorrow...

Author: By Marco L. Quazzo, | Title: Fun in the Old World | 3/15/1983 | See Source »

...ways and the old often mix badly. The faith of some recently established congregations in rural Thailand tends to waver if prayers go unanswered. At the Ban Ti Christian Church north of Lamphun, a large blackboard hangs on the wall behind the pulpit. Prayers for rain, a speedy harvest and painless cures for various maladies are recorded every Sunday, then checked off the following week against the results...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Missionary | 12/27/1982 | See Source »

Their heroines are two earnest outcasts, victims of the teen-age uglies (Sarah Jessica Parker, Amy Linker), who devote most of their time to unsuccessful assaults on the In crowd. "You know," says the school New Waver admiringly, "I really like you two. You've got no style...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: The Blackboard Jumble | 10/18/1982 | See Source »

...Monday evening approached, the sequestered jury was on edge: they missed their families and simple pleasures like watching television, which Parker had forbidden. Brown's last ally, Copelin, began to waver. As she explained later: "I was tired. Nobody seemed to think there was any other way. We felt locked in by the law." After she switched to not guilty, Brown held out for another ten minutes. Finally, she threw up her arms. "To hell with it," she shouted. "If you all can't see what's happening here, I can't help...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Insane on All Counts | 7/5/1982 | See Source »

...improbable idyl into a grim farce. Allie's quirkiness becomes derangement. He mistakes the destruction of Jeronimo for the obliteration of the U.S. and decides that he and his family must hide even deeper in the wilderness and endure greater discomforts. Charlie's loyalty begins to waver as every day brings new evidence that his father is crazy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Backwaters and Eccentrics | 2/22/1982 | See Source »

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