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Word: conceptions (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Sweetser said swimming for Harvard--and especially winning an Ivy League title freshman year--isvery special. "Wearing Harvard on your back isgreat," she said. "It is a great concept that anacademic school like Harvard can do somethingathletic like that...

Author: By Wendy R. Meltzer, | Title: It Doesn't Get Any Sweetser | 12/5/1987 | See Source »

Chris, a skinhead who attends Metheuen High School, explains his concept of skinhead life. "The basic idea is I live in a lame town. So we come here and have...

Author: By Seth A. Gitell, | Title: Philosophy of The Pit: Skins Talk Straightedge | 12/3/1987 | See Source »

...they retell old stories, many of them true. Merton Glover, a big, angular man of 69, retired years ago as a platoon sergeant. He trained as a horse soldier, but in 1942 he was transferred to Fort Meade, S. Dak., where the cavalry was experimenting with mechanization. The concept was shaky at first. "Their idea for a while was to have us all run around on motorcycles," says Glover. "I rode a big old Indian 45 all the way down to maneuvers in Louisiana, 1,500 miles, and then rode it all the way back." There is a glint...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Kansas: Echoing Hoofbeats | 11/23/1987 | See Source »

...much based on a concept, except it sort of acquired a Flinstonian theme," said Adams House Tutor Doug Fitch, who helped decorate. "We wanted to attract attention to the colors on the ground, the colors of the light...

Author: By Matthew L. Schuerman, | Title: Adams to Screen Avant-Garde Films | 11/18/1987 | See Source »

...Among those expected to benefit from the amnesty are the right-wing national guardsmen who killed four U.S. churchwomen in 1980, and the leftist guerrillas who gunned down four U.S. Marines in 1985. The amnesty, said Salvadoran Vice President Rodolfo Castillo Claramount, "represents a broad, generous offer within the concept of forgive and forget...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Central America Still Gunning for Peace | 11/9/1987 | See Source »

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