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Word: fitness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Precisely at 9 a.m. a bell sounded, and the officials milling around the Great Hall of the People scurried to their seats. As some craned their necks to get a good view, Deng Xiaoping, China's top leader, mounted the poinsettia- bedecked dais. Looking fit in a tailored Mao suit and vigorous beyond his 83 years, Deng beamed when the assembled 1,936 delegates gave him a standing ovation. Moments later, the other members of China's ruling gerontocracy limped into view. Leading them was Deng's fellow Politburo Standing Committee member, Conservative Chen Yun. Reportedly weakened by a stroke...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China Balancing Act | 11/9/1987 | See Source »

Restic need not worry any longer. Yohe did not miss practice yesterday afternoon and appears fit enough to start against Holy Cross this Saturday...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: No Pain, Big Gain | 11/3/1987 | See Source »

House masters use the endowment money "largelyfor special dinners and events," Gefter says,adding that the "house fund tends to be used foradministrative costs such as the housenewsletter." But within these very generalguidelines, the masters are free to spend themoney as they see fit...

Author: By Brooke A. Masters, | Title: Students, Professors Satisfied by House Anti-Intellectual Life | 11/2/1987 | See Source »

...born professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology stepped before the cameras to acknowledge his award, he needed little prompting to lay into the policies that led to last week's crash. "The best thing you can say about Reaganomics," he asserted, "is that it probably happened in a fit of inattention...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Economics: Robert Solow: Theories of Gain | 11/2/1987 | See Source »

...Good Man Is Hard To Find, Flannery O'Connor. These short stories have nothing to do with Halloween, but as anyone familiar with O'Connor can tell you, they fit the occasion perfectly. The title piece is particularly horrifying, and if someone named the Misfit comes begging candy at your door, call HUPD P.D.Q...

Author: By Daniel Vilmure, | Title: Halloween Bedtime Stories | 10/31/1987 | See Source »

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