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Word: bettered (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...true that nurturing a family of international centers would require huge dollars. Some might argue that resources would be better used on other pressing projects such as creating a more racially and ethnically diverse faculty here in Cambridge...

Author: By Steven J. S. glick, | Title: Will We Meet the Real World? | 9/27/1989 | See Source »

...better model of the satellite system can once again be found at Stanford, which maintains miniature campuses in Florence, Vienna, Oxford, Japan, Spain and Tours, France. Half of Stanford's undergraduates and many professors take advantage of this network to gain on-site experience in their area of study...

Author: By Steven J. S. glick, | Title: Will We Meet the Real World? | 9/27/1989 | See Source »

...child at 15 and then, 12 years later, despues de todo lo que has hecho, have her drop out? Her Big Sister didn't do nothing--do you know her, Evelyn or something? Gracias a Dios Nana got bored and went back, but she flunked...So Maritza, you better do what your Big Sister tells you, you hear...

Author: By Gloria M. Custodio, | Title: Pushing Against Apathy | 9/26/1989 | See Source »

...dread going back, because there I come face to face with my shortcomings. In the faces of those children I see a reality my generation won't be able to change, because none of our grandiose plans for making the world better will bring to their eyes the sparkle they never...

Author: By Gloria M. Custodio, | Title: Pushing Against Apathy | 9/26/1989 | See Source »

...assassinate the human spirit. I haven't found what I'm looking for: a long-term strategy of improvement and repair for our ailing society. Perhaps I never will. But I know now that I'm not satisfied with the standard phrase of comfort frustrated volunteers get: "Anything is better than nothing...

Author: By Gloria M. Custodio, | Title: Pushing Against Apathy | 9/26/1989 | See Source »

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