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Word: discoverer (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Despite famous outer architecture. Sever has for generations been criticized for its banging steam pipes and poor acoustics. Those complaints should decrease when the building opens for business again in 1983-84, according to planners. It remains unclear what sort of complaints will arise when students discover that some Tuesday...

Author: By Thomas H. Howlett, | Title: The Summer of Bricks and Nails | 7/13/1982 | See Source »

With a new interest in salvation, Dorothy Day had Tamar baptized in a Roman Catholic church. "Grimly, coldly making acts of faith," she felt "like a hypocrite." She did not discover what acts of faith meant until she met an obstinate, self-educated French peasant named Peter Maurin. He believed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Secular Saint | 7/12/1982 | See Source »

Jerome Robbins, the company's other master choreographer, took a shrewd course of action: instead of struggling with a long, note-ridden work, he picked out some small pieces and came up with Four Chamber Works, a winner, even though it has a rough start. Musically, Septet is a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dance: Stravinsky II: A Hit Sequel | 6/28/1982 | See Source »

Harvard is by no means the only Ivy League school to discover that the Achievements more closely foreshadow academic performance: Dartmouth is currently shifting slightly towards the tests, and Princeton officials have found the scores to be particularly revealing--especially in comparing students with similarly stratospheric SAT scores. Harvard was...

Author: By Holly A. Idelson, | Title: Re-Examining Standardized Tests--Again | 6/10/1982 | See Source »

E. T, though, is in a class all by its beautiful self. Of course it should make truckloads of money: its sneak previews have been the most rapturously received since Jaws; industry marketing experts have predicted it as a summer smash; and one professional cynic emerged from a Manhattan screening...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Steve's Summer Magic | 5/31/1982 | See Source »

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