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Word: discoverer (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Divestment advocates turned their attention and activity toward the Board of Overseers this year only to discover that the democratic governing body--elected by the University's alumni--makes its decisions behind yet another set of closed doors.

Author: By Emily M. Bernstein, | Title: Divestment Activists Stymied at Meetings | 6/9/1988 | See Source »

Rumors have surrounded Mona A. Khalil '88 for as long as she has been at Harvard. When her name comes up in conversation, one may discover she is a member of "Arab royalty," her father is an oil sheik or that she has a personal body guard. Khalil, however, laughs...

Author: By James E. Schwartz, | Title: From Under The Veil... | 6/9/1988 | See Source »

Hone and sharpen, play around with the possibilities--that was how Wolfe spent the greater part of the mid- and late sixties, trying almost every literary trick to discover how far one can go--and still be a journalist. Then the books came, books which reflected Wolfe's earlier essays...

Author: By Shari Rudavsky, | Title: A Wolfe in Gentlemen's Clothing | 6/8/1988 | See Source »

| Besides an executive office, his rewards include an expensive toy-filled loft and a real live girl, or woman. Susan (Elizabeth Perkins), who has slept her way to the top, is seduced by something she has never before seen in a man: innocence. She invites herself back to his apartment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Little Boy Lost and Found BIG | 6/6/1988 | See Source »

The Vice President's camp professes confidence that Bush will do better once California voters are more familiar with him. Just as important, Dukakis' image is also hazy. Reporters doing voter interviews are amused to discover that some citizens say they prefer "Dukis" or "Duksis" to Bush. So far Dukakis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Grail of the Golden State | 6/6/1988 | See Source »

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