Word: betterment
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...dictionary seems to lack a viable purpose. The weighty volume is useless as a reference tool. You need to look up a term? Use Webster's. A geographical location? Try an atlas. An expression? Bartlett's is better...
...could offer a suggested reading list for elementary knowledge in fields like economics, anthropology, politics and psychology, but his glossy treatment of the fields does not do them justice. Even the dictionary's highlights--Kett's history chapters and Hirsch's chapters on the Bible and mythology--would be better served by a more extensive treatment than a list of key terms...
FINALLY, the most dramatic change Reagan has brought about is the coldness in the way Americans view the less fortunate in society. His support of unrestrained big business has widened even further the gap between the country's rich and poor. While the million aires have never had it better, typical middle-class families with both parents working are slowly going under...
...Harvard might be a little rusty when it heads into the Elis' Ingalls Rink, better know as the Yale Whale. Coach Bill Cleary is not holding official practices until exams are over...
...could make us feel better about ourselves when we were not, in fact, any better. Jackson is right. The gap between rich and poor has expanded under Reagan, and it has become commonplace to find homeless, working families. The portion of the population that lives under the poverty level grew from 11 percent in 1980 to 13.6 percent in 1987; the percentage of children under the poverty level jumped from 16 percent to 20 percent in the same period...