Word: bettereds
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...about 40 lbs. over his best fighting weight, the slugger is in training once again. His objective -- some call it an obsession -- is to recapture the heavyweight title he lost by a knockout to Muhammad Ali in 1974. Exclaims the ex-champ: "I'm ready, and I'm better than I ever...
...role of a reformer, Kemp could ride the current wave of unsolicited attention into a bright political future. Though he has appointed , a deputy to ride herd on the reform effort, it is Kemp who will be judged by the results. And an image of Mr. Clean -- or even better, Mr. Cleanup -- would look fine in 1996, if nimble Jack can pull...
...F.S.L.N. also promised to bring a better life to Nicaragua's poor, pledging dozens of reforms the Sandinistas have yet to deliver. It assured struggling mothers like 39-year-old Esperanza Lopez that her children would flourish. But her job as a maid in Chinandega pays only about $10 a month, to support three young ones. Says she: "I can only feed them once a day. Maybe it's true that we earned less under the dictatorship, but you could buy more with...
...management disguised in a pompous, highfalutin' claim." Wrote he: "I understand the argument . . . But I am not persuaded that there may not be instances in which the law might recognize as valid a perceived threat to a 'corporate culture' that is shown to be palpable (for lack of a better word), distinctive and advantageous...
...There is technical progress, but this is not the same thing as the progress of humanity as such. In every civilization this process is very complex. In Western civilizations -- which used to be called Western-Christian but now might better be called Western-Pagan -- along with the development of intellectual life and science, there has been a loss of the serious moral basis of society. During these 300 years of Western civilization, there has been a sweeping away of duties and an expansion of rights. But we have two lungs. You can't breathe with just one lung...