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Word: bottoms (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...gone from the bottom almost to the top," says Coach Jape Shattuck, who took over the Harvard coaching job when Kenworthy was a freshman. "We've accomplished a lot in the time we've been together...

Author: By Matthew A. Saal, | Title: Changing Lanes | 6/5/1986 | See Source »

...system provided the freshmen with more knowledge about what their chances would be at getting into their first choice house. With this additional information, the calculations became more intricate and more complicated, particularly for those who received numbers in the middle or at the bottom...

Author: By Shari Rudavsky, | Title: Playing MegaHouses | 6/5/1986 | See Source »

...same time the office contracts internally, it will expand into the greater Harvard community by stepping up aid to the financially struggling graduate schools. Since each graduate school is responsible for soliciting its own donations, a system known as "every tub on its own bottom," the schools with the richest alumni roll in the money, while the poorest schools struggle with debt. While the Medical School, the richest graduate school, will mount a $200 million fund drive this summer, the Divinity and Design Schools are trying to stay out of the debt that they suffered last year...

Author: By Laurie M. Grossman, | Title: "Getting Over the Stereotype That We're Rich" | 6/3/1986 | See Source »

...involvement in Sun's operations to realize his goal of retiring at age 30, the remaining trio found that they complemented one another well. Bechtolsheim, who became vice president of technology, was the wizard who designed Sun's early machines. McNealy, who has been chairman since 1984, is the bottom-line man who hires the employees and makes sure that the products are attractively priced. As vice president of research and development, Joy became the visionary of the group, charged with keeping an eye on the company's future...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rising Sun:Silicon Valley's hot newcomer | 5/26/1986 | See Source »

...ASEAN alliance together rank as the fifth-largest U.S. trading partner, having increased two-way trade from $967 million in 1967 to $23.5 billion last year. The Administration is delighted that these free-market nations have far outperformed their Marxist neighbors, but is concerned that since 1983 the bottom has fallen out of practically all the region's export commodities, not the least of which is oil. As a group, the ASEAN delegates called for more American investment. In response, the U.S. asked for an easing of trade restrictions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Breezy Theme | 5/12/1986 | See Source »

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