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Word: correctives (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Nonetheless, Josephson has a lot of trust in his director. He never watches rushes of his films because he fears he will become self-conscious, holding his chin in the air in a ridiculous manner one day to correct a fault he saw in the previous day's performance...

Author: By Ross G. Forman, | Title: Swede Memories | 3/4/1988 | See Source »

...sure, one of the limitations of student journalism is the editing process. Perhaps some of my statements were originally correct and used in context, but were shuffled and distorted in the wee hours of the night. This is unfortunate, but forgiveable. What is unforgiveable, however, is the hyped misrepresentation of a sensitive and volatile issue, which leads to further entrenchment and hostilities. If articles like this one become a regular part of the final club debate, it will be a cold day in Bangladesh before it takes place on a rational and thoughtful level. Michael A. Zubrensky...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Clubs | 3/3/1988 | See Source »

Thank you for this opportunity to correct the impression your article may have given readers that I regard this survey as a laughing matter. In fact, I think the debate and further studies the Whitla report should spark will promote a long overdue investigation of the advantages of test preparation. I look forward to seeing the actual survey when it is released next month and to clarification on some of its findings. (The Globe article, for example, notes that the study's respondents included 69 percent who did not take coaching and 14 percent who did. This leaves a healthy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Getting In, According to Stanley | 2/25/1988 | See Source »

Witnesses against Walsh and the Sullivans, representing the Cambridge Tenants' Union (CTU), said they hoped to "correct [Jane Sullivan's] inaccuracies" by testifying and to expose "certain actions of Councillor Walsh we felt were questionable," according to Geoffrey Gardner...

Author: By Seth A. Gitell, | Title: Sullivans' Principles Debated in Council | 2/23/1988 | See Source »

Overcoming his actor's vanity, Ronald Reagan reluctantly started using a hearing aid in 1983 to correct an impairment suffered some 40 years earlier, when a pistol was fired close to his right ear during a filming session. To balance his hearing, the President later put a second device in his left ear. Last week Reagan, 77, began sporting new hearing aids that come with a half- & inch-thick, credit-card-size remote control...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: White House: On Remote Control | 2/22/1988 | See Source »

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