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Word: expounds (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Jackson took the hour-long question-and-answersession as an opportunity to expound his "jobs,peace and justice" platform, which stresseskeeping jobs in the U.S., obeying internationallaw and working to provide "economic alternatives"for all countries in the hemisphere...

Author: By Susan B. Glasser, | Title: Jackson Vows To Solve U.S. Deficit | 11/2/1987 | See Source »

...HAVE spent a significant amount of time and energy trying to convince people that New Jersey is a nice place. I answer "New Jersey!"--not "New York!"--when people ask me where I'm from. I call the Giants the New Jersey Giants, expound upon the undisturbed beauty of the Pine Barrens, and even pretend to like Bruce Springsteen on occasion...

Author: By Mitchell A. Orenstein, | Title: The NIMBY Syndrome | 10/15/1987 | See Source »

...Harvard junior has not been himself lately. His name pops up constantly in conversations that have nothing to do with him, and store and restaurant employees expound their political beliefs to him when they discover his name...

Author: By Ross G. Forman, | Title: Wrong Bork Sent Fan Mail | 9/28/1987 | See Source »

...understand why people criticize the Congressmen who made impassioned statements during the Iran-contra hearings. Would Edmund Burke or James Madison have sat meekly by in similar circumstances? Only in the course of investigations into a Watergate or an Iranscam do Americans have the opportunity to hear their lawmakers expound their political philosophies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Capitol Hearings | 8/10/1987 | See Source »

...parody; the twist here is to blur the lines between audience, reviewer, cast and character. The "mystery," such as it is, is irrelevant, merely serving as an excuse for Stoppard to play with conventions of the stage. Set in a Gothic mansion on the moors, a group of caricatures expound upon their social problems--but somewhere outside, an escaped criminal lurks. The players include a dimwitted blonde (Susan Kelly), a melodramatic maiden (Meg Schellenberg) and a gruff crippled veteran (Wise) who play cards endlessly. Into the scene comes a stranger (Goldfarb) who seems to fit the description of the fugitive...

Author: By Jess M. Bravin, | Title: After Magritte and The Real Inspector Hound | 4/23/1987 | See Source »

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