Word: agee
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...discovery by two Harvard astrophysicists of 1700 new galaxies will likely lead to a greater understanding of the age of the universe, scientists said yesterday...
...enormous size of this newest group of galaxies, the result of a 12-year search, has precipitated excitement among astronomers concerned with determining the age of the universe...
...prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation in employment, housing, credit, and public accommodations. It amends an anti--discrimination statue that already prohibits discrimination in these areas on the basis of race, religion, national origin, sex, or age...
Social Security currently pays benefits to everyone of retirement age who has contributed to the system for a minimum number of years, regardless of how much other income they receive. These benefits are financed by payroll taxes on workers currently in the work force. That is, retirees are not just getting back money that they have paid into a trust fund. Social Security is not a savings plan, but a massive intergenerational transfer of wealth...
...innocence removed, we can now understand precisely what is implied in his associate professorship and the "certainlicense" of his 40th year. There is, to my mind, something inherently parental--or, anagramatically, paternal--about both the stature granted by his academic position and the stature concomitant with his age. His "certain license" is more a "certain censure" should we not take up his passionate lance. Nor would Professor Blumenthal want it any other...