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Word: correctives (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...contest's exam was given to nearly 2000 undergraduates in early December. University Treasurer George C. Putnam '49, a grandson of the competition's original sponsor, said yesterday "28 young faculty members holed up in a motel over New Year's weekend" to correct the test...

Author: By Peter R. Eccles, | Title: Harvard Math Team Wins First National Contest in 17 Years | 2/19/1983 | See Source »

Putnam said yesterday that his grandfather started the competition 43 years ago to promote an intercollegiate contest outside of athletics. Math was selected as the arena "because it's fairly easy to correct," he added...

Author: By Peter R. Eccles, | Title: Harvard Math Team Wins First National Contest in 17 Years | 2/19/1983 | See Source »

...November elections I voted, with some hesitation, to put the death penalty on the books in Massachusetts. After reading about the atrocities in your article, my second thoughts have passed. There is no doubt in my mind that I made the correct choice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Feb. 14, 1983 | 2/14/1983 | See Source »

...excess of surface and a lack of consistency. At his death in 1936 he was called a master without a masterpiece, and his value rapidly diminished. If the writer's celebrity was disproportionate, so has been his recent neglect. The Outline of Sanity seeks to correct the imbalance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: God's Fool | 2/14/1983 | See Source »

McLaughlin said last night that despite the big loss, he was optimistic about the Crimson's chances for revenge "if we correct some things" when the Tigers make their first appearance at Briggs Cage...

Author: By Mike Knobler and John D. Solomon, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSONS | Title: Icemen Win in OT, But Tigers Rout Cagers | 2/12/1983 | See Source »

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