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Word: contentions (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...though, the Crimson will have to be content with its 1-0 league record, that of two game winning streak THE NOTEBOOK. Hart led the Crimson attack at Penn, scoring three goals. Claire Farley added two and Blair Wardenburg netted the final goal... Senior defender Sarah Sewall severely twisted her ankle at the start of the second half against Penn Genie Simmons will replace her... That injury was the only cloud in a superb performance from the Harvard defense... Game time Tuesday is 3 p.m.... The Crimson thumped Ursinus in a scrimmage early last week...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Laxwomen: Grounded And Waiting | 4/2/1984 | See Source »

...knowledge, never before my confirmation had there been hearings so openly conducted on ideological grounds rather than merely political ones. For some men there is a high emotive content in terms that apply to me: soldier, Republican, conservative, patriot. Add to that tinder the burning issues of Watergate, Viet Nam, Cambodia, wiretaps, the CIA, Chile, and you have the makings of a pretty hot time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Alexander Haig | 4/2/1984 | See Source »

Would pressure other nations to lower import barriers. Backs a "domestic content" bill requiring the use of American-made products in all imported autos sold in the U.S. Wants to eliminate the capital gains tax for those making new long-term investments in small businesses and to give tax credits to employers who increase outlays for the education and training of workers. Urges more federal support for science and research...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Where the Candidates Stand on the Issues | 3/26/1984 | See Source »

...ambition to create "pure cinema": the manipulation of universal emotions by camera placement, shot duration, the dramatic use of color, sound and editing. As two future film makers, Eric Rohmer and Claude Chabrol, wrote of the director in 1957, "In Hitchcock's work, form does not embellish content, it creates it." Hitchcock, less interested in universal theories than in the international box office, put his artistic aims more matter of factly: "The Japanese audience should scream at the same time as the Indian audience...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The Master Who Knew Too Much | 3/26/1984 | See Source »

...your high on factoring to your heart's content...

Author: By David L. Yermack, | Title: Putting the Squeeze on Bureaucrats | 3/21/1984 | See Source »

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