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Word: wandering (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...allow the seriously mentally ill to wander the street is apalling," Lombardi said...

Author: By Elsa C. Arnett, | Title: Bill to House Mentally Ill Passes Reps. | 3/17/1987 | See Source »

...company in 1957, had managed by the early 1960s -- with a staff of only a few thousand employees -- to take the industry lead in building high-speed computers for scientists and engineers. But as the company grew and prospered during the 1970s, the founder's interests began to wander toward wide-ranging and public-spirited ventures that diverted money and managerial attention. The company built factories in low-income regions like Appalachia, tried to develop a technique for farming in rural Alaska, and ventured into insurance and consumer finance, among dozens of other pursuits...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Companies: Two in Pursuit Of a Turnaround | 2/16/1987 | See Source »

...know, those rulers are really pretty laid back--and we figure that the Moonies of Manchuria will eventually rise up against Korea..." Dave was still nodding attentively, but I, no longer afraid that this ride would turn into some bizarre and violent Moonie conversion, was letting my memory wander back over the series of disasters which had brought us to our loquacious Moonie chauffeur...

Author: By John P. Thompson, | Title: GONZO WEEKEND | 2/9/1987 | See Source »

...LATE SEPTEMBER the abduction of Mug'n' Muffin by the latest bank in the Square didn't alarm me. The growing infestation of mercantile marauders stirred in me no more than a vague feeling of camaraderie with the old men that wander shopping malls shaking their heads at VCRs and two-dollar loaves of bread...

Author: By John P. Thompson, | Title: A Tragic Mug'n | 1/21/1987 | See Source »

...Minister Enrile (the man who signed the arrest warrant was none other than General Ramos). In her conjugal visits, she had to share her husband with hidden cameras and bugs. Once, when Ninoy's guards simply removed him from sight for more than six weeks, Cory was forced to wander from prison to prison in search...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Woman of the Year | 1/5/1987 | See Source »

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