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Word: darkeness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...network has drawn especially heavy criticism for "Amerika's" depiction of dark-skinned United Nations troops as Soviet hatchet men. "God knows it was never our intention to say, `the U.N. is like that,'" said Butler...

Author: By Martha A. Bridegam, | Title: Back in the U.S.S.A. | 2/23/1987 | See Source »

...across the immense African landscape, from the distant escarpment, a gray-purple rainstorm blows. It encroaches upon the sunlight, moving through the air like a dark idea. East Africa has a genius for such moments. Wildlife and landscape here have about them a force of melodrama and annunciation. They are the Book of Genesis enacted as an afternoon dream...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Africa | 2/23/1987 | See Source »

...John Huston classic, The African Queen (Winthrop House, Harvard). Screen legend and Dewitt look-alike Humphrey Bogart turns in an Oscar-winning performance as a drunken riverboat captain forced to reckon with the virtue of a beautiful missionary, played by Katherine Hepburn. Shot mostly on location in the Dark Continent, The African Queen proves that, in the hands of a superb director, the simplest plots can become high entertainment...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DEWITT | 2/19/1987 | See Source »

DOWN THE STEPS WENT I, INTO the subterranean depths, torch thrust out ahead for light, seeking the Office of Career Services conference room. Okay, I didn't actually thrust out a torch, but it was pretty dark down there. And frightening. The agonizing search for summer employment was upon...

Author: By Emil E. Parker, | Title: ENDPAPER | 2/19/1987 | See Source »

...although dedicated word processors are a thing of the past, most personal computer users are still living in the dark ages; they use their computers only for writing papers and letters. The Happy Hacker certainly regrets this. The Happy Hacker regrets a lot of things recently, but he especially hates to see things with a lot of potential wasted over misunderstandings...

Author: By Evan O. Grossman, | Title: Library Lets You Try Before You Buy | 2/19/1987 | See Source »

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