Word: commonness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...evening study break in Grays East, Fitzsimmons sought to allay what he said is a common freshmen fear of the "admissions mistake." Fitzsimmons said that new students "often question the legitimacy of their place at Harvard when they are surrounded by so many exceptional people. They wonder how they slipped...
...both bodies reporting on the U.S. seizure of the Iran Ajr and defending it as "necessary to protect U.S. vessels and U.S. lives from unlawful attacks." More such action would follow if needed, Reagan wrote. He made this report, he explained, in a "spirit of mutual cooperation toward a common goal." The ploy may have helped defuse the congressional rebellion. The Senate postponed until this week any decision on whether to press the issue...
...superabundance of financial innovation is another factor reminiscent of the 1920s. During that time, investment trusts and utility pyramids were the rage, while the 1980s has been a boom time for such techniques and instruments as leveraged buyouts, junk bonds and stock-index futures. The common element is vast leverage, which creates the potential for big profits during a booming economy but equally dramatic losses when the tide goes the other...
...them. There has been a resurgence of "libraries" (home offices to the unredecorated) for dual- income families to stash books, papers, computers and answering machines. Baked ceramic tile is in vogue for every surface from countertops to foyer floors, and the mixing of bleached and raw-wood textures is common. Formica furniture, in startling shapes and bold solids, is a yuppie favorite. As for colors, earth tones -- drab tans, harvest golds and avocados -- are now out of favor. Yolk yellow and soft pastels are comers, and classic Wedgwood and Williamsburg blue are being revved up to purples and periwinkles. From...
Another performer says she had a director come up to her as she stood near the common casting board about 15 minutes before the grace period ended. She was offered a lead part in a play in which she had not originally been cast. She says she accepted the part...