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Word: ask (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Just ask E.D. Hirsch, whose educational philosophy mirrors Bacon's conclusion. Hirsch, an English professor at the University of Virginia, has enlisted the assistance of Joseph F. Kett and James Trefil to save our nation from cultural stagnation, assembling The Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, a collection of specific knowledge of, according to the weighty hardcover's bold subtitle, "What Every American Needs to Know." But there is no power in this book's knowledge...

Author: By Michael R. Grunwald, | Title: Culture Schlock | 1/20/1989 | See Source »

Daly said a group called Friends of the Somerville Theatre has formed to ask to have the cinema, which is one of the oldest continuously operating movie theaters in the country, declared a historic landmark. "I favor what they're doing, but I will not actively support them," he added...

Author: By Adam K. Goodheart, | Title: Somerville Theatre Reopens | 1/20/1989 | See Source »

Loyalty to Barry may be costing Washingtonians their long-cherished dream of gaining voting representation in Congress through a congressional amendment granting statehood to the District. Says Mark Plotkin, a member of the city's Democratic committee: "We ask members of Congress, 'What about statehood?' and they look at us and say, 'What about the mayor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mayor Barry: A Capital Offense | 1/16/1989 | See Source »

...know it sounds strange to the layman to say, 'He pointed his nose at me five times so I shot him,' " conceded a jet-fighter technician. "But it makes sense in aerial combat. Furthermore, if some guy aims a gun at you in a dark alley, you don't ask him whether it's loaded...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Knife Fighting in the Air | 1/16/1989 | See Source »

Well, maybe. But how many guys are going to ask their girls to join them in a saltatio carolotoniensis (Charleston) on the extrema hebdomada feriata (weekend)? The answer, needless to say, is manifestum...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Language: Latine Loqui Libet | 1/16/1989 | See Source »

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