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Word: wonders (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Would you support the "right" of these men to speak in an attempt not merely to express their opinion, but to gather public support for money to continue these and other equally ghastly actions? How much more carnage and suffering must we watch before drastic tactics are justified? I wonder if Katz were to travel in Nicaragua and talk to the families of the victims, whether he would feel the same way. His principles are admirable but his arguments seem detached from the realities in Central America...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Contras | 4/7/1986 | See Source »

...When 80 percent get their first choice houses,and you also hear grumbling, you wonder what'sgoing on. Eighty percent is remarkably high,"Eisert said...

Author: By James E. Schwartz, | Title: Changes Considered For Housing Lottery | 4/2/1986 | See Source »

...million there; an office tower in Manhattan; a waterfront estate on Long Island; dozens of country houses in the Philippines; and even a second palace in Marcos' home province, Ilocos Norte, which almost no one knew about until now. One took the spectacle in with a feeling of wonder and disgust, something like one's reaction, as a child, upon learning that Egypt's King Farouk ate 600 oysters a week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: The Shoes of Imelda Marcos | 3/31/1986 | See Source »

...beautiful to watch--not to mention listen to--and the performances of Kingsley and Jackson are, as usual, outstanding, there seems to be something missing, or perhaps, with such subtle direction, the point is tough to grasp. Whatever the problem is, when you leave the theater you'll probably wonder what just happened while uttering the word "turtle" in the best Glenda Jackson imitation you can muster...

Author: By Daniel B. Wroblewski, | Title: By the Seashore | 3/21/1986 | See Source »

...WEEKS--how shall I call thee a horrible movie? Shall I be offended by thy dominaiton and thy kinky sex? Shall I complain that there wasn't enough? Or, shall I be so bored by the whole venture as to wonder whether I'll have enough energy to be outraged...

Author: By Michael W. Hirschorn, | Title: Poor Form | 3/21/1986 | See Source »

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