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Word: worst (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Survivor Garry Priest, 23, of Northglenn, Colo., said those who got out of the plane saw what "looked like a war zone. Bodies, trash, magazines, luggage and pieces of bodies littered the area. It was the worst thing I've ever seen...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Investigators Seek Clues in DC-10 Crash | 7/21/1989 | See Source »

...Israeli soldiers grabbed the wheel of an Israeli bus as it traveled along the Tel Aviv-Jerusalem highway. Shouting "Allah Akbar!" (("God is great!")), he sent the bus hurtling down a 495-ft. ravine. The fiery plunge killed 14 people and wounded an additional 27. It was the worst single attack against Israelis since the start of the uprising. "This is a shocking disaster," Shamir said, "the fruit of a disgusting mind full of hatred...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Israel Power, Not Peace | 7/17/1989 | See Source »

...Guskin either had no larger vision of the play or could not express it. The performances clash in tone and degenerate into monologues and star turns, all but devoid of emotional connection save in the first tender flirtation between Pfeiffer and the disguised Mastrantonio. By far the worst offender is Goldblum, who seemingly has no clue about his character. In a blatant pitch for cheap laughs, he relies on grimaces and gestures from The Fly, topping them off with a pantomime of catching and eating some insect. At best the show skitters along the surface of a script rich...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Star Time in Central Park | 7/17/1989 | See Source »

...uncle (while sitting next to me!) told a stewardess, "I just want you to know that this is the worst airline I have ever flown in my entire life." Judging by the look the stewardess gave me, my uncle might as well have added, "And here next to me is my nephew, who probably hates you more than...

Author: By Joshua M. Sharfstein, | Title: The Airline With an Attitude | 7/11/1989 | See Source »

Brigadier General Mariano Baccay, the government's regional commander, described the massacre as the "worst ever" perpetrated by the N.P.A. against civilians. While it may have been a desperate measure by the guerrillas, who have lost the military initiative in the rural south, officials in Manila fear that the N.P.A. may soon begin an assassination campaign in major Philippine cities...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Philippines: Slaughter in The Chapel | 7/10/1989 | See Source »

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