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Word: willing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Although most running backs taper off at 30, Okoye will probably endure well beyond that benchmark because of his late start. "Christian hasn't taken the usual hammering through high school and college, and although he's 28, he has the football body of a 22-year-old," says his...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Kansas City's Gentle Giant | 12/25/1989 | See Source »

"Pitch yourselves," says a white man calling himself Mr. Swart, who serves as half warder, half butler. "Mr. Mandela will not be long." Swart was once a guard on Robben Island, where Mandela was imprisoned under harsh conditions for nearly two decades.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lunch With Nelson | 12/25/1989 | See Source »

Pity the poor postalworker, however hard that may be for the millions who have stood in line for half an hour staring at the wanted flyers, only to have a gum-snapping clerk reject their package because it fails to comply with official wrapping regulations ("No string; paper tape only...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mailroom Mayhem | 12/25/1989 | See Source »

Signs are they haven't done so. Despite a $585 million high-tech makeover for the Postal Service over the past two years, the odds have not improved that a letter will get from Boston to Miami in less time than the sender could drive it there. Performance on first...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mailroom Mayhem | 12/25/1989 | See Source »

Three decades after Henry Luce slated him as heir apparent, Hedley Donovan still professes uncertainty as to what virtues the Time Inc. founder saw in deciding he would become (as he did from 1964 to 1979) the company's editor in chief. But readers of Donovan's urbane, frequently self...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: On Time | 12/25/1989 | See Source »

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