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Word: blacking (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...accepted the post, McKay would have been the only tenured Black woman in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences...

Author: By Joseph R. Palmore, | Title: Literary Expert Nixes Afro-Am Tenure Offer | 10/4/1989 | See Source »

Sollors, himself a scholar of Black literature, did not return several phone calls made to his office this week...

Author: By Joseph R. Palmore, | Title: Literary Expert Nixes Afro-Am Tenure Offer | 10/4/1989 | See Source »

...Harvard-Radcliffe Black StudentsAssociation (BSA) has also joined the groupsprotesting the Mobutu visit, according to itspresident, Erica E. Marsh. She said in aninterview that the Council's action was"definitely justified...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Council Protests Mobutu Visit | 10/3/1989 | See Source »

...country could be slipping out of control. Government officials were speculating openly about the possibility of a coup. A rock group climbed the Soviet hit parade with a song whose refrain was "We are anticipating civil war." Arriving home, Gorbachev, looking tanned and vigorous after four weeks on the Black Sea shore, went straight to the Kremlin television studio and accused conservatives and radicals of creating an atmosphere of "despair and uncertainty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Soviet Union Gorbachev 's Vision Thing | 10/2/1989 | See Source »

...talented but erratic team. Renewal began with a new manager (soft-spoken Cito Gaston) whose unflappable style helped inspire the midseason revival of brooding power hitter George Bell. The August acquisition of spark-plug centerfielder Mookie Wilson added on-the-field leadership. As Gaston, one of the two black managers in baseball, puts it, "If I wasn't sitting in the dugout, I'd buy a ticket to see Mookie play...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Days Dwindle Down | 10/2/1989 | See Source »

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