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Word: bookings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...many junior professors the issue is where to find more time for scholarship. If the University grants them an additional semester of paid leave time--they currently get one semester--many say that could make the difference for completing the second book, which often determines tenure in the humanities and social sciences...

Author: By Melissa R. Hart, | Title: Should Service Be Considered in Tenure? | 5/17/1989 | See Source »

...TIME!!!" in inch-high scrawl--it only brings out the sadist in us. Don't (Cliffies) write offers to come over and read aloud to us your illegible remarks--we can (officially) read anything, and we may be married. Write on both sides of the page--single-blue-book finals look like less work to grade, and win points. This chic, shaded calligraphic script so many are affecting lately is handsome, and is probably worth a good five extra points if you can hack...

Author: By A Grader, | Title: A Grader's Reply | 5/15/1989 | See Source »

Automated reservation systems are vast computer networks that the major carriers, notably American and United, use to dish out the most up-to-date flight information to travel agents. When linked to the systems, agents can check schedules, compare fares and book tickets. They can also make hotel and rental-car reservations as well as order tickets for Broadway shows or charter a private...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Big Eagles and Sitting Ducks | 5/15/1989 | See Source »

COLLECTED POEMS by Philip Larkin (Farrar, Straus & Giroux; $22.50). The pre- eminent poet of his time, Larkin died in 1985 at age 63. This collection includes works previously unpublished or unavailable in book form, and documents the triumph of a poet who found his style by lowering his voice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Critics' Choice: May 15, 1989 | 5/15/1989 | See Source »

Reading this slight, elegant book is a bit like having a guided tour through an album of family snapshots. There, notes your cicerone, is Great-Great-Uncle George, who built that incredible castle in North Carolina. Here is Great-Aunt Adele, blithe and beautiful, seated next to her sad cousin Consuelo -- she had to marry a duke, you know...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Rich And Infamous | 5/15/1989 | See Source »

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