Word: appearantly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Taylor's office has such a code, which mandates conservative dress for all. Though her fashion judgment may be subject to question, her complaint illustrates how the right image for working women is still unsettled. "Almost anything you wear runs the risk of looking like you're trying to appear just like a man, or too feminine," says University of Miami law school professor Mary Coombs. Still, common sense would seem to rule out some costumes. Says dean Roger Abrams of the Nova University Center for the Study of Law in Fort Lauderdale: "I think neither...
...many videocassettes of E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) have been sold, for up to $24.95, since its Oct. 27 release. Already the sad-eyed visitor has displaced Disney's Cinderella, with sales of 6 million copies, as the most popular videotape ever. Analysts predict that E.T. will soon appear in 25% of the 50 million U.S. homes with VCRs...
Aside from the preliminary notes, with which the reader should begin, and the appendices and closing notes, with which the reader should conclude, the Dictionary, like any dictionary, has no fixed sequence. Most entries take the form of stories or legends, and individuals and topics that appear elsewhere in the dictionary are cross-referenced, both from one entry to another, by a system of coded signs, and in the index at the rear of the book...
When Alvin E. Thompson won the Democratic nomination for state representave from Cambridge, his opponent, six-term incumbent Saundra Graham acknowledged that she had taken her victory for granted. Last Tuesday, Thompson faced tough opposition from Graham--even though this time her name didn't appear on the ballot...
During the election, Thompson campaign manager Francis R. Stone claimed that misplaced stickers were the work of Graham supporters, who he says used tape, black ink--and stickers--to deface Thompson's name in the ballot book, making it appear as if there were no Democratic nominee...