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Word: almosts (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...collusion charges when the most expensive schools jointly hike costs faster than inflation? Further, how can it be ethical to set a common price--the Ivy League schools with the exception of Cornell all cost between $19,000 and $19,500--when housing costs, facilities costs and research costs almost certainly vary? The potential for abuse goes far beyond financial aid-fixing...

Author: By Spencer S. Hsu, | Title: An Illiberal Practice | 10/17/1989 | See Source »

...Ramseyer said UCLA's program has been almost singlehandedly improved by Alford. "It's better here because of him," Ramseyer said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Law School Offers Post to China Expert | 10/17/1989 | See Source »

...although the goals and positions of the new traditionally Jewish organization are to some extent questionable, his argument showed little appreciation for the need for a new breed of social organization. Students are attempting to broaden the organized social life of a University whose present system caters almost exclusively to prep-school WASPs and old-boy legacies...

Author: By Madhavi Sunder, | Title: Need to Go National? | 10/17/1989 | See Source »

That the situation in Panama was confused and information inadequate is nothing new for such incidents. Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, a crisis manager of considerable success, claims that in almost every crunch there is never enough information and always uncertainty, and the final decision must frequently ride more on a President's intuition than his briefing books. That is what leadership is all about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency Is Bush Bold Enough? | 10/16/1989 | See Source »

...reasons that are still unclear, Bush was not told of this for almost an hour. At that point, Washington passed word to the rebel officers that the U.S. "was prepared to lift this burden from their hands." The rebels refused. "They were clearly not of a mind to turn ((Noriega)) over to us," Defense Secretary Richard Cheney said later. "They were not willing to have him extradited to the U.S." Soon after, word arrived in Washington that the coup attempt had collapsed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Yanquis Stayed Home | 10/16/1989 | See Source »

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