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Word: breaks (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Ever notice how retail clerks always seem to be on their coffee break when you have a request? Not the proprietor of a compact-disc outlet that opened last week in Minneapolis. The clerk behind the counter boasts an encyclopedic knowledge of the 5,400-item inventory, and never leaves the store. The attendant can't, because it is a robot -- the first to run its own shop...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RETAILING: No Breaks for This Clerk | 12/4/1989 | See Source »

...King of the court then hit two free throws the next time down the floor, and Nebraska was rolling. On the defensive end, King also shined early, vetoing a Tarik Campbell jumper that led to a fast-break layup...

Author: By Andy Fine, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Huskers Pounce on Men Cagers, 117-79 | 12/2/1989 | See Source »

With superior size and speed, the Cornhuskers scored several fast-break layups and raced to a 55-35 halftime lead...

Author: By Andy Fine, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Huskers Pounce on Men Cagers, 117-79 | 12/2/1989 | See Source »

...work in government, jam it," Moynahan said in an anti-Bush administration statement he distributed. "If in the military, you may be in a position to spike the weapons systems. If you're in media or if you're an electronics whiz, you might break into a boring Bush speech with a jest, or loudly repeat BO-BO-BO, or insert a blinking image of a gunman shooting down a child. What an imaginative computer hacker might contrive boggles the mind...

Author: By Mary T. Teichert, | Title: Central America Pullout Urged | 11/30/1989 | See Source »

Other representatives said their opposition to the bill would not break down the House leadership...

Author: By Chip Cummins, | Title: House Committee Chair Quits | 11/29/1989 | See Source »

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