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Word: basement (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...works--"Elegy" directed by Zoltan Huszarik (Hungary, 1965) and "Rain" directed by Jorge Ivens (France, 1928)--will be shown free at 10:30 p.m. in the Adams D-entry basement video lounge. A reception, open only to Adams students and tutors, will precede the viewing...

Author: By Matthew L. Schuerman, | Title: Adams to Screen Avant-Garde Films | 11/18/1987 | See Source »

...foreign products become more expensive, many U.S. manufacturers will jump at the opportunity to raise their prices too. A big danger is that the weak dollar will become a crutch for U.S. companies, undermining their incentive to become more efficient and hold prices down. Beyond that, the bargain-basement dollar, together with lower prices on Wall Street, may make U.S. industry increasingly vulnerable to takeovers by foreign buyers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Declining Dollar: Not a Simple Cure | 11/16/1987 | See Source »

Walk into Raymond Lum's office buried in the basement of Widener Library and you will see a staggering number of books on India, even for a librarian, including a 1981 census report and titles like "The Dimensions of Karma...

Author: By Noam S. Cohen, | Title: Widener's Indian Books: They Come by the Crate | 11/6/1987 | See Source »

Most of all, the interviews have shown that Elmer was a mystery, Kenet said. Although Elmer lived in the basement of the Lampoon Castle for his entire career with the magazine, some Lampoon alumni claim to never have seen...

Author: By Melanie R. Williams, | Title: Lampoon Makes Janitor Film | 11/4/1987 | See Source »

...took their profits before that climactic moment. Others, like Cafazza, in effect bet on the market plunge by making investments that rise in value when stock prices crumble -- either through options trading or a practice known as short selling. Yet another group of investors swooped aggressively into bargain-basement stock buying on Tuesday, after the Dow took its 508-point plunge, on the hunch that the market was certain to rebound. All of them proved that even on the worst of stock-trading days, there are winners as well as losers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Crash: Rewards For Foresight and Luck | 11/2/1987 | See Source »

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