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Word: easier (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...easier to extend for 15 minutes than half an hour," Walcott said. "A half hour is a much more significant question of logistics and crew management...

Author: By Brooke A. Masters, | Title: Houses to Extend Dinner Hour | 1/9/1987 | See Source »

...great deal of fun." No kidding. The script for Casanova, a three-hour abc movie to appear later this season, calls for Chamberlain to seduce such beauties as Faye Dunaway and Sylvia Kristel (Emmannuelle). Nice work if you can cut it, but Casanova may have had an easier time of it. Chamberlain, 51, has to bed all his conquests twice. "We have the classic American and European dichotomy," he reports. "For the American version the women are covered up, and then when we switch to the European version, blouses come ripping off and there is considerably more flesh." Poor Richard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Dec. 22, 1986 | 12/22/1986 | See Source »

Nevertheless, some people respond, it is much easier to combat child labor problems than it is to fight sexism in advertising. The only real way to end such portrayals is to censor the advertisers, which, in the opinion of some, violates free speech, and, in the opinion of others, is too dangerous because of its potential for abuse...

Author: By Joshua H. Henkin, | Title: Laissez-FAIR | 12/16/1986 | See Source »

...knew it was going to come down to Miami one way or another," Patriots' center Pete Brock said. "Losing today [Sunday] doesn't make it any easier...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Miami Awaits Pats | 12/16/1986 | See Source »

...course, any writer can put in subtitles with a typewriter, but word-processors make the job much easier. Usually, the Hacker recommends centering and using bold print for subtitles. Word-processors also offer an advantage because they allow the writer to change the subtitles easily. Thus, when the Hacker recently has written eight pages of a 10-page paper and then discovered that he had written a different essay than the one assigned, he merely changed the subtitles and re-wrote the introduction and conclusion. Most of the writing remained unchanged. Another advantage of subtitles is that they allow...

Author: By Evan O. Grossman, | Title: Literary Hacker Strikes: Writing With a PC | 12/10/1986 | See Source »

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