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Word: badly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...people who understand that agreements between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. can strengthen both deterrence and the Western alliance. Yet they have been slow to act. They came into office looking nervously over their shoulders at the American right wing, which is ever vigilant against backsliding into the bad old days of detente...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: America Abroad: Back in Business | 6/12/1989 | See Source »

...exerted an unprecedented degree of influence on the council this year, largely the result of his personal style. In person, Lee is very likeable, always quick with a quotable comment or one of his notoriously bad jokes...

Author: By Brian R. Hecht, | Title: Leaving a Mark on Desks, Council | 6/8/1989 | See Source »

...some bad fights with him," saysAckermann. "I think sometimes he gets irritatedwhen people see things differently from...

Author: By Matthew M. Hoffman, | Title: Ping-Pong, Popsicles and Politics | 6/8/1989 | See Source »

...University policy. Others sank into harried East Coast jobs, working at the office well past nine at night, shielded by layers of secretaries. For almost all, Harvard was reduced to a line on a resume, a loan to repay, an annual fundraising plea, some drunken anecdotes, a few bad memories...

Author: By Laurie M. Grossman, | Title: Unlikely Ambassadors | 6/8/1989 | See Source »

This statement seems to capture both sides of the 'good Harvard-bad Harvard' coin. Most students find that friends, or extracurriculars, or being sociable, or living on their own constituted their best education. The flip side is inevitably Harvard's failure to educate--due to its large classes, distant faculty and ill-conceived Core curriculum...

Author: By John C. Yoo, | Title: What Education? | 6/8/1989 | See Source »

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