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Word: affectedness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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That conclusion had seemed unlikely earlier last week. Though the Chamber had made an offer of improved fringe benefits, it refused to discuss wage hikes above the 15%-to-23% range that it had unilaterally put into effect before the walkout began three weeks ago. After a perfunctory show of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Africa Digging Out to Avoid a Cave-in | 9/7/1987 | See Source »

What if television sets were equipped with knobs that let viewers customize the shows they watch? If they could adjust the sex content, for example, or regulate the violence, or shift the political orientation to the left or right? What if motion pictures were able to monitor the attention level...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Computers: Dreaming The Impossible at M.I.T. | 8/31/1987 | See Source »

About half the nation's 550,000 black mineworkers walked off their jobs, and at least a third of the mines were seriously affected. The basic issue was money: a demand by the National Union of Mineworkers for an across-the-board 30% increase, compared with hikes of 15% to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Africa Trouble from Belowground | 8/24/1987 | See Source »

The artful equivocation is an almost impossible concept to explain, but it is easy to demonstrate. Let us take our earlier typical examination question, "Did the philosophical beliefs of Hume represent the spirit of the age in which he lived?" The equivocator would answer it this way: "Some people believe...

Author: By Donald Carswell, | Title: Beating the System | 8/18/1987 | See Source »

This longing may be affected by the type of question (it's a lot easier to cheat on a true-false test than an essay exam) and it is certainly affected by frustration level. If you can't for the life of you remember one out of 100 multiple choice...

Author: By Jeffrey S. Nordhaus, | Title: Let the Games Begin | 8/18/1987 | See Source »

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