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Word: american (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...heavies also have their work cut out for themselves as they compete against two national teams, the American and British. In addition, the heavies are expected to have more trouble with their collegiate rivals since they must row against strong crews from Wisconsin, Navy and Northeastern...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: For Crews, It's More Than a Party | 10/21/1989 | See Source »

Kris Karlson, the first American to win two gold medals at the world championships, will also be on hand...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: For Crews, It's More Than a Party | 10/21/1989 | See Source »

...what exactly is wrong with Debbie Gibson, the greatest singer to enter the American musical community since Amy Grant...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, WIRE DISPATCHES | Title: The Quake and the World Series: Baseball Takes Back Seat to Safety | 10/19/1989 | See Source »

This vast discrepancy reveals that humor that is funny in one context can be offensive in another. A small audience with shared experiences and expectations takes Mason's act to be a parody of old-time American Judaism. A racially-charged electorate, on the other hand, isn't ready to joke about racial or ethnic stereotypes...

Author: By Joshua M. Sharfstein, | Title: When a Joke Is No Joke | 10/18/1989 | See Source »

...Social Analysis 10, sexist jokes have a different effect; they serve to discourage women from the field of economics. In his lecture of October 2, Baker Professor of Economics Martin S. Feldstein '61 told a joke about the problems of American capitalism as symbolized by a stereotypical nuclear family...

Author: By Joshua M. Sharfstein, | Title: When a Joke Is No Joke | 10/18/1989 | See Source »

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