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Word: correctives (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...System wide. I don't think there is any major complaint about our service," says Dr. Warren E C. Wacker, director of UHS Wacker says he believes the statistics in the complaint, though correct in themselves, constitute a "statistical aberration" because they refer only to a five-month period: in addition, he expresses dismay that the figures were apparently copied out of a BWH delivery log, in violation of patients' confidentiality rights...

Author: By Amy E. Schwartz, | Title: The Tip of the Iceberg? | 9/25/1982 | See Source »

This is the type of insight you need to succeed on the LSAT. In fact, Stanley is to standardized test preparation as Kleenex is to a)Kool-Aid, b)photo-copying machines, c)facial tissue, d)lawn care equipment? (Correct, the answer is "c"). Stanley knows his stuff; it's just that the process of transferring to LSAT-think creates a danger of mental short-circuiting when you try to maintain normal synapse activity at the same time...

Author: By Paul M. Barrett, | Title: Stan the Man | 9/24/1982 | See Source »

...tests. They have vaguely Jewish, vaguely Long Island accents and they laugh a lot at their own jokes. "Quite a way to go, no? --Getting mulched by the lawn tractor!" chortles Aunt Miriam. "Ho! Ho! Ho!" You turn the tapes off and figure out for yourself why the other correct answer was the better correct answer. It's comforting to know that the money you have paid for the tapes you don't use is going toward a snazzy new kitchen set for Miriam's condo in Palm Springs...

Author: By Paul M. Barrett, | Title: Stan the Man | 9/24/1982 | See Source »

...latter has proven correct. George Hendrick leads the team with a mere 18 home runs; the team as a whole has clubbed only 59, fewest in either league...

Author: By Jonathan B. Losos, | Title: A Playoff Appearance Is In the Cards | 9/23/1982 | See Source »

...abroad. Night after night, throughout much of the world, television screens had shown Israeli forces using their sophisticated American-made weaponry to produce devastation in densely populated West Beirut. Abba Eban, a former Foreign Minister and a leading member of the opposition Labor Party in the Knesset, was undoubtedly correct when he concluded, "Israel's policies, image, character, values and aspirations are less understood and admired today than in any other period of her history...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Defiant No to Reagan | 9/20/1982 | See Source »

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