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Word: discoverer (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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The professor likens the sophisticatedtechniques that he employs to reconstruct themeaning of words used by ancient Greek society tothe physcial reconstruction done by acheologists."When I discover a new meaning of a word," Cranesays, "it is like I have blown the dust away" fromsome artifact.

Author: By Noam S. Cohen, | Title: Computers New Tool In Classics Scholarship | 3/9/1987 | See Source »

Recruiting for Harvard's hockey team is no easy task. It involves long hours on the phone and long hours on the road. And when you've finally found that talented player--the guy who is big and quick and can put a puck into a net from anywhere on...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: Juggling Bright-Eyed Prospects | 2/27/1987 | See Source »

Drama, in particular, naturally lends itself to the issue of illusion versus reality--being as it is an illusion of sorts itself. When Shaggy and Scooby pulled the mask off the Swamp Monster to discover that it was none other than kindly Mr. Hoople, the caretaker, they were retracing the...

Author: By Jeffrey J. Wise, | Title: STAGE | 2/26/1987 | See Source »

By the late twentieth century, however, the whole reality issue has become virtually fossilized. It is surprising, then, to discover that in The Day Room playwright Don DeLillo has managed to extract some delightfully fresh material from such an overworked vein.

Author: By Jeffrey J. Wise, | Title: STAGE | 2/26/1987 | See Source »

The baby boomers have jostled through life competing for education, jobs, housing. When the baby-bust generation enters adulthood, however, it may discover the benefits of doing without: without as much unemployment, without as much demand for housing or cutthroat competition for good jobs, possibly even without as much crime...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Welcome, America, to the Baby Bust | 2/23/1987 | See Source »

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