Word: doubted
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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James Fallows, chief presidential speechwriter, who is leaving after 2½ years in the White House: "I'm inclined to doubt that this Government can be changed, by Carter or any other President...
...LSAT score makes the difference with so many of our candidates to the top schools," a Harvard pre-law tutor said. "There's no doubt it's a numbers game--GPA (grade point average) and LSATs are the whole ballgame Everybody's got extracurriculars, and the 'diversity' schools mention in their catalogues are too often code words for minority applicants...
...them. Never before have we been able to witness a lurid event in such detail. While the coverage has been good from an informational standpoint, it is somehow uncomfortable...as if it were an invasion of the dead's privacy...and unquestionably in poor taste. If you doubt that, take a quick look at the way Newsweek and Time featured bloated corpses and screaming headlines on their covers this week, or think about The Boston Globe's characteristically sensitive headlines and pictures last week ("They Lined Up to Take Poison," "The Babies Went First..."). America has become media saturated...
...toughest defense in the league this year, so it's appropriate that three of the five linemen are Elis: end Clint Streit, tackle Bob Skoronski and sophomore middle guard Kevin Czinger (Princeton's Pete Funke will have to wallow on the second team). Brown's Mike Lancaster without a doubt gets the other tackle berth, while the remaining end spot goes to Quaker Gary Winemaster on the basis of his five-sack day against Yale...
However the sight of these five men jumping up and down in unison on stage strikes you, there's no doubt that Devo has created one unique masterpiece--the de-evolution anthem, "Jocko Homo." The song opens with three chords on a standard electric guitar followed by a rising four-note sequence on some sort of synthesizer or Eno-treated guitar. This elusive rhythm continues throughout the song, as lead singer Mark Casale breaks out in a contorted voice with the de-evolutionary creed...