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Word: betterment (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Unless the federal government begins to seriously consider better ways of resolving transportation labor disputes, the commuters of the world might have to unite after...

Author: By Brian R. Hecht, | Title: Commuters Unite! | 3/13/1989 | See Source »

This is not to say that these standards are adequate, only to suggest that suddenly lowering them for a case of male-to-male harassment is highly suspect. If Buckley's friend is to receive some medal as the victim of sexual harassment in this incident, some-body had better make hundreds of them, because many women at this university have much better stories than that to tell (funny how our stories never get much sympathy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harassment? | 3/13/1989 | See Source »

...same world, which tries to to teach us very intolerant values. We have all swallowed homophobic attitudes: straight, bi and gay alike. It is fruitless to waste energy sidetracking the issue to defend our egos to each other; we must take what we have and make it better. There is no use for complacency here, only improvement. Elizabeth Flax...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harassment? | 3/13/1989 | See Source »

Although the Saints won the ECAC title Saturday at Boston Garden, Harvard received the higher seed because it had a better winning percentage (.900) than St. Lawrence (.856) and swept the Saints in league action this season...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: Icemen Given Second Seed in the East | 3/13/1989 | See Source »

Tower is enough of a realist to recognize that his chances of confirmation are not much better than the odds that Breathalyzers will be installed in the Senate cloakroom. But his argument serves as a deft reminder that there are also Senators whose alcoholic and amorous behavior might not stand sustained scrutiny. There is just enough merit to Tower's who-is-fit-to-judge-whom bluster to accentuate the confusion over the proper standards of conduct for public officials...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Drawing The Line | 3/13/1989 | See Source »

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