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Word: wiring (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...controversy that has attracted much public attention is what to do with the old Simplex Wire and Cable factory site, a 27-acre parcel of land in Cambridgeport. Because the site is the last large, undeveloped area in the city, many people from both the public and private sectors are concerned with what will be built there...

Author: By Catherine L. Schmidt, | Title: City powerbrokers | 6/7/1984 | See Source »

...writer, the diary form would have been acceptable, but Mario is no Hunter S. Thompson, and his prose is more akin to a connect-the-dots game than a straight narrative line. Though the account is quite lively when describing Cuomo's and Koch's battle down to the wire for the Democratic nomination, the diary form is woefully inadequate when it comes to shedding light on events, motivations, and philosophies...

Author: By Michael W. Hirschorn, | Title: Connect-the-Dot Politics | 6/6/1984 | See Source »

...work writing another script for his mentor. Says Spielberg: "You can drop a stone into the black hole of Chris' imagination and never hear it hit bottom. I'd never thought about directing Gremlins myself-I wanted to take a long vacation from anything with a wire trailing from its rear end that makes a creature smile when you pull it-but Joe seemed perfect...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Creature Comforts and Discomforts | 6/4/1984 | See Source »

Lieut. Edward Tidrick was hit in the throat when he jumped into the water. Another bullet hit him as he lay on the beach. He gasped out a last command: "Advance with the wire cutters!" There were no wire cutters; they had been lost in the blood-streaked water...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: D-Day: Every Man Was a Hero A Military Gamble that Shaped History | 5/28/1984 | See Source »

Still, neither man would suggest that they are good chums. Their down-to-the-wire battle, moreover, must be a welcome spectacle to the man both ache to displace: Ronald Reagan. Last week TV stations started airing Reagan's campaign of feel-good commercials, shrewd video collages of sunrises and teen-age athletes and parades, all designed to convince voters they are better off with Reagan in the White House...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Wild Ride to the End | 5/28/1984 | See Source »

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