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Word: badness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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More than anything, Kushner seems to have set himself the task of softening harshness and livening tedium. If there is irony in this personal aim, it is that a good humor consultant earns far less than a bad lawyer, while a man who would choose levity over litigation is, by most lights, beyond price...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In California: Learning to Laugh | 3/25/1985 | See Source »

...problem with the mercy provision is its inherent blindness--it forgives the guilty along with the innocent, discounting legitimately deserved bad grades and making the entire system less discriminating...

Author: By David S. Hilzenrath, | Title: Johnny Cum Laude | 3/21/1985 | See Source »

...problem with the mercy provision is its inherent blindness--it forgives the guilty along with the innocent, discounting legitimately deserved bad grades and making the entire system less discriminating...

Author: By David S. Hilzenrath, | Title: Johnny Cum Laude | 3/20/1985 | See Source »

...SOMEWHAT MORE DISTURBING than the likelihood of a nerve gas leak is the bad faith ADL has fostered in its dealings with the community. From the very beginning of the project, ADL neglected to tell the appropriate city officials about its intentions to test nerve gas in the city until after the million dollar Levins Laboratory was completed. Moreover, company spokesmen have consistently been inconsistent in their explanations about how much of the substances are being tested and what the purpose of the testing really is. Finally, ADL even went so far as to inform the city that...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Shape Up or Ship Out | 3/19/1985 | See Source »

...White House steps to huzzahs from the farmers. A couple of hours later the beleaguered Senate Majority Leader, Robert Dole, rose in fury on the Hill and rocketed his displeasure downtown. So, accused Dole, the hold-the-line troops in the Senate were supposed to shoulder the bad news while the boys in the White House handed out the goodies. Regan was chastened. He should have run through his checklist and brought Dole in on the act to protect the President...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: Letting Regan Be Regan | 3/18/1985 | See Source »

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