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Word: betterment (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...think it has sunk in yet," Roy says. "I couldn't ask for anything better. I hope we can go all the way to the NCAA Championships...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: A Goalie By Any Other Name... | 3/10/1989 | See Source »

...Harvard House life may seem, it hardly compares to the disturbing daily lives of Joanna and Lawrence. In essence, Wilson's one-act play is not what one might necessarily consider drama. Trauma, perhaps is a better way of describing...

Author: By Esther H. Won, | Title: Housing Problems | 3/10/1989 | See Source »

...happy with third," Pfefferle said, "but I think I could have done better...

Author: By Christopher M. Thorne, | Title: Thinclads Begin to Wrap up Indoor Season | 3/7/1989 | See Source »

...Rothschild, has purchased a half interest in Los Vascos, a 500-acre vineyard located some 90 miles southwest of Santiago. French experts are already working on this year's vintage, and Christophe Salin, deputy managing director of Les Domaines, promises that "1989, which is currently being harvested, should be better...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Food: Sweet Vino High-quality | 3/6/1989 | See Source »

...asked, "What harm has befallen the Prophet?" In Egypt the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Mosque, Sheik Gad el-Haq Ali Gad el-Haq, noted that the net effect of the furor had been to increase the book's sales and profits "by astronomical figures." It would be far better, he suggested, if Islamic scholars prepared their own book refuting Rushdie's "lies." The English-language Egyptian Gazette argued that the Ayatullah's pronouncements "will do more to damage the image of Islam in the West than any words of Mr. Rushdie." Concluded the paper: "Without the outcry, the book...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Terrorism The New Satans | 3/6/1989 | See Source »

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