Word: wide
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...editions the "Real Yellow Pages," while other publishers have adopted distinctive names in order to stand out from the crowd. GTE, for example, publishes 51 editions of the Neighborhood Phone Book. Nobody knows which editions consumers use the most when they are faced with a choice, but industry-wide surveys to sort out such preferences are getting under...
...stir a gin and tonic. But in trendy bars today, as the price of some drinks hovers around five bucks, plastic swizzlers are almost as elaborate as the frozen daiquiris and blue margaritas they garnish. In Los Angeles, New York and Miami, the new adornments come shaped as inch-wide blue whales, 4-in.-long marlins or, even better, mermaids, pink elephants, giraffes, lizards and dinosaurs -- all to be fondled, chewed and traded...
...commission also counts among its membersthe presidents of a wide varity of colleges,including New York University, Michigan StateUniversity, the University of California, St.Lawrence and Trinity College...
Since coming to power in 1984, Mikhail S. Gorbachev has implemented a wide range of successful programs to improve the quality of life for Soviet citizens, scholars said yesterday at a conference analyzing the Soviet premier's leadership...
Northeastern, meanwhile, was using itssimilar-size advantage on offense to rack up over200 yards rushing. Quarterback O'Leary passed for156 additional yards (giving the visitors a totalyardage edge), but overthrew wide-open receivers anumber of times...