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Word: betterment (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Beddoes, who once said "nature exists to remind us of our mortality, the more poisonous the better," committed suicide in a hotel room by taking a dose of poison, Ashbery said...

Author: By Christine A. Deleo, | Title: Ashbery Describes Death In Poetry of Beddoes | 11/30/1989 | See Source »

...feel I could better appreciate the present if I had some first-hand knowledge of the past. I know it's self-centered, but try to understand my sentiments. It's just like conservative columnist George F. Will suggesting that we preserve communism in Albania "as a museum...

Author: By Juliette N. Kayyem, | Title: Discontent Over Democracy | 11/30/1989 | See Source »

...temptation is to look at Eastern Europe with a smug vanity and say that democracy won. Our way is better...

Author: By Juliette N. Kayyem, | Title: Discontent Over Democracy | 11/30/1989 | See Source »

Indeed, our way is better. But it isn't perfect, and we're falling behind in the race for self-improvement. The students marching in the streets of Prague should not flatter us, but humble...

Author: By Juliette N. Kayyem, | Title: Discontent Over Democracy | 11/30/1989 | See Source »

...going for the three-point offense this year," Delaney Smith said. "We have three money three-point shooters, and our inside game is better. We're getting the ball down low better...

Author: By Peter I. Rosenthal, | Title: Lots of Youth And a Little Experience | 11/29/1989 | See Source »

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