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Word: wel (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Harvard clearly has a role to play as well in educating people about responsible wel-weather protection. The University has spent several thousand dollars in recent months safeguarding the right to freedom of movement in the community, yet there are few more serious threats to freedom of movement than unchecked umbrella abuse...

Author: By John Ross, | Title: Umbrella Terrorism | 12/14/1985 | See Source »

...facts are presented, but not a day-by-day chronicle of trivialities. Those who want to know how many logs the author piled in a fireplace during a given night will have to look elsewhere. Readers curious about how Dostoevsky translated experience into ideas and then into art can wel come Frank as an indispensable guide...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Crime and Punishment | 1/30/1984 | See Source »

...festivities will begin on the weekend before the swearing-in. On Saturday night, 10,000 rockets will be shot off in a 14-minute fireworks extravaganza at Lincoln Memorial; laser beams will link other monuments. That same day George Bush and his family will be wel comed by Texas Governor Wil liam Clements at a "black-tie and boots" reception. On Sun day, there will be two candle light dinners and four concerts at the Kennedy Center, featuring Dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov, Pianist Rudolf Serkin, and Conductor Mstislav Rostropovich leading the National Symphony Orchestra. Nancy Reagan and Barbara Bush will toast...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An $8 Million Shindig | 1/19/1981 | See Source »

...poised to help with loans and other aid. The Common Market nations agreed last week to make available surplus beef and butter at discount prices, provided Poland asks for them. It was a fairly timid gesture designed not to offend the Soviets, but it could be a very wel come one to Poland if severe food shortages develop this winter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLAND: Red Alert from Moscow | 12/15/1980 | See Source »

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