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Word: betterment (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...really impressed," Radcliffe Coach Liz O'Leary said. "I love to see everybody win. There's nothing better than to start off the season with everybody getting that feeling...

Author: By Lori J. Lakin, | Title: Oarswomen Sweep Past MIT, UMass | 4/10/1989 | See Source »

...this guise Babbit eloquently pleaded for a more caring American government--pointing out the poignant irony of Chileans who care more about the franchise than Americans jaded by protected freedoms; of a Japanese economy that innovates better than the great original innovating, entrepreneurial power, of Paraguayans who recognize the centrality of human rights more than Americans did under Reagan. He used the success of America's principles in the world to show our own lapses. It was powerful rhetoric, if necessarily incomplete...

Author: By Noam S. Cohen, | Title: Mr. Smith Comes to Harvard | 4/10/1989 | See Source »

...told them that if they started to open up, they better open up every 500," lightweight Coach Holly Metcalf said. "The goal if they were ahead was to follow the race plan, move consistently and not get lulled. Only between the 500- and 750-meter mark did it get a little jellylike. I was happy with the race...

Author: By Lori J. Lakin, | Title: Oarswomen Sweep Past MIT, UMass | 4/10/1989 | See Source »

...think after the first set [Kresberg] started to play better, and I started to let up a little," Zimmerman said. "The third set was up for grabs, but luckily I won a big game at 4-2 [in the third...

Author: By Mia Kang, | Title: Zimmerman, Chang Lead Netmen Past Columbia for Revenge, 7-2 | 4/10/1989 | See Source »

Gorbachev had already secured one of the seats in the new legislature reserved for top party officials. Thus he did not have to confront personally the deflating question that dogs American candidates: Are you better off now than you were four years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Union: A Long, Mighty Struggle | 4/10/1989 | See Source »

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