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Word: welder (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...determination. He ran with a kind of hop and a skip with his prosthetic leg, on good days covering up to 30 miles. He ran through rain, snow and hailstones during the early weeks, then endured the sizzling afternoon sun of June and July. At one point, a welder did spot repairs on the artificial limb...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: The $2 Million Man | 9/15/1980 | See Source »

Jobs. By one estimate, five of every six new refugees have failed to find employment. Says Lucas Perez, 32, a welder who came to the U.S. a month ago: "I've gone through two pairs of shoes looking for work. There is none." Adds Hilda Lisa, 29, watching over two children in the tent city, while her husband looks for work as an electrician: "We had been dreaming of getting out of Cuba for years. And now we are here-no jobs, no housing, nothing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Welcome Wears Thin | 9/1/1980 | See Source »

...Fort Wayne was an unidentified white man who had made abusive comments about Jordan at the Marriott bar the night of the shooting. Police officials quickly concluded, however, that the man had nothing to do with the case. Next, police sought to question Jon Thompson Douglas, 40, a welder from Grabill, a small town about ten miles northeast of Fort Wayne. The morning after Jordan was shot, Allen County deputy sheriffs arrested Douglas for operating a motorcycle while drunk and confiscated three unloaded rifles, including a Remington .30-06, that were tied to his motorcycle. Douglas insisted that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Ambush in the Night | 6/9/1980 | See Source »

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