Search Details

Word: dealt (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

Everyone I spoke with had a Mexican maid and gardner. Most people dealt with Mexicans only in their capacity as hired hands. And so the Mexicans on the street were regarded as a subservient lower class...

Author: By Laurie M. Grossman, | Title: California Contradiction | 1/16/1987 | See Source »

...unless modified by state governments, trigger billions of dollars in additional state taxes. What to do with the windfall is already causing consternation and debate in state legislatures across the country. Predicts Bob Griffin, speaker of the Missouri House of Representatives: "This will be the hottest issue we've dealt with in a number of years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: And Now, Son of Tax Reform | 1/12/1987 | See Source »

Shultz had opposed the Iranian purchases in private conversations with President Reagan. He told the House Foreign Affairs Committee on December 8 he was "shocked" to learn Kelly had bypassed department channels and instead dealt through a Central Intelligence Agency back channel...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Meese Denies Receiving CIA Contra Memo | 12/18/1986 | See Source »

Experts in foreign relations said revelations about the Iranian connection dealt a crushing blow to the credibility of U.S. foreign policy toward the Middle East, Europe, Central America and the Soviet Union...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Professors Offer Grim Assessment | 12/4/1986 | See Source »

...project, the screenplay is reviewed by officials at the Department of Defense and by each of the services involved. The Pentagon ends up rejecting many projects that come its way on the grounds that they distort military life and situations. An Officer and a Gentleman, which like Top Gun dealt with naval aviation training, was turned down because of its rough language, steamy sex and, to the military mind, inaccurate view of boot camp. The Pentagon said no to WarGames because the military contends that a teenage computer hacker could never crack the U.S. strategic defense system. Even Rambo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Pentagon Goes Hollywood | 11/24/1986 | See Source »

First | Previous | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | Next | Last