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Word: commitments (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Finally, the cagers want to commit less than 25 turnovers, for on the 12 occasions in which they have done that this season, they are 10-2 (5-5 when they've committed 25 or more...

Author: By Geoffrey Simon, | Title: A 'How To': The Ivy Title | 2/19/1986 | See Source »

There is little doubt that many Americans are yearning for meaning and moral anchorage, which evangelical religion has ardently and successfully provided. Critics add that people find it easier to acquire simple answers to complex personal and social ills via television than to commit themselves to solving real-life troubles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Power, Glory - and Politics | 2/17/1986 | See Source »

Brandeis students also conducted a non-binding divestment referendum showing 84 percent of respondents in favor of divestment, London said. He said the administration is not planning to remove the shanty but will not commit to total divestment despite overwhelming student support...

Author: By Julie L. Belcove, | Title: S. African Divestment Movement Grows on Nation's College Campuses | 2/15/1986 | See Source »

...never been firm. Until it was repealed last July, the 1976 Clark Amendment banned any American assistance for his forces. Even today the Administration's position is equivocal. After Reagan's half-hour meeting with Savimbi, the President said that he wanted "to be very helpful" but did not commit himself to a specific offer of aid. For his part, Shultz noted the difficulty of devising a formula for Angola that would be "effective." Nonetheless, word leaked out last week that the Administration was prepared to send covert aid to Savimbi. Various Congressmen have also proposed several UNITA aid bills...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Red Carpet for an African Rebel | 2/10/1986 | See Source »

...Vincent and thousands of other Americans are benefiting from an ingenious union of computer and video technology that enables clients and customers to see how they will look with reshaped features, restyled cosmetics, the latest suit or a new head of hair--all before they commit their flesh to the scalpel or their cash to a purchase. The new systems are easing the qualms of prospective cosmetic-surgery patients, making life easier for their doctors and boosting sales in department stores nationwide...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Computers: The (Digitized) Eye of the Beholder | 2/10/1986 | See Source »

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