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Word: fewness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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But the part the pupils like best is the confessional, when each participant recounts the details of his moving violation, whereupon his 40-odd classmates judge whether it was a mortal or just a venial infraction. "Thanks, David, for sharing that with us. I'm sure few of us were...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: A Long Way from the Rue de la Paix | 6/19/1989 | See Source »

In most cases, the classic masculine metaphors for God and Jesus have survived (for example, The King of Love My Shepherd Is). But a few modern hymns were added to ascribe feminine attributes to the divine. Syntax permitting, male pronouns referring to the Deity were shunned. In O Worship the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Singing Hymns and Hers | 6/12/1989 | See Source »

Amid all the week's eruptions, Gorbachev continued to dominate. In a 95- minute policy speech, he offered help for low-income Soviets, ordered an audit of all the benefits and privileges enjoyed by the ruling elite, and called for cuts in capital construction and the space program. He promised...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Soviet Union A Volcano of Words and Wishes | 6/12/1989 | See Source »

Two new groups will prod show people toward making environmental awareness as crucial a part of their scripts and songs as boy meets girl. The Environmental Media Association, a clearinghouse for save-the-earth societies, is fronted by such heavyweights as Disney Chairman Michael Eisner, Creative Artists Agency President Michael...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: The Greening of Hollywood | 6/12/1989 | See Source »

Publishing has long since lost the gentlemanly style it had in the days when Andrew's father, the late Craig Wylie, was a senior editor for Houghton Mifflin. The young Wylie's transgression is that he disobeys the few rules that are left. He rustles writers from other agents, which...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Naughty Schoolboy | 6/12/1989 | See Source »

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