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Word: assess (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...also designed Australia II). Skippered by Colin Beashel, Australia III finished ahead of the pack in three of the first six races, building such a lead that the championship was won even before it was over. For the seventh and final race, the Australian tacticians were content to assess their competitors from the comfort of dry dock...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Dirty and Short Down Under | 3/3/1986 | See Source »

...crowd of people was a crowd of Vietnam vets protesting Rambo, and the SWAT team, I suppose, was there in case things got out of hand, which things showed no signs of doing. I stopped for a moment, although ankle-deep in slush, to assess the situation. At the time, it really seemed to me that these people must have something better to do on such a rainy night than to protest a movie. The demonstrators waved their signs. From an upper window in the Hasty Pudding building, three students yelled "Rocky, Rocky, Rocky" at them...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Rambo Vs. Vets | 2/24/1986 | See Source »

...besieged. Recalls Bill Van Leuven, Swinerton's manager of business development: "People were banging on our doors. We didn't know where to turn. No one was prepared to address the problem." The company hired Lexicon Communications, which organized a team of safety engineers and Swinerton executives to assess the possible causes of the collapse...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Coping with Catastrophe | 2/24/1986 | See Source »

...assess that. I don't know enough about psychology and anthropology. The difference between the Poles and the Jews? Anyway, they couldn't stand each other...

Author: By Melissa I. Weissberg, | Title: The Creation of Memory | 11/20/1985 | See Source »

Like past elections, uncertainty is the hallmark of this year's race. No one knows for sure who will emerge a winner out of tomorrow's tally until the final ballots are counted next week. And no observer can begin to assess the impact of those results until November...

Author: By Thomas J. Winslow, | Title: City Council Race Full of Wildcards | 11/4/1985 | See Source »

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