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Word: formely (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...look for--a name, a place, an allusion, an object, a brand of deoderant, the titles of six poems in a row, even an occasional date. This, son, makes for interesting (if effortless) reading, and that is what gets A's. Underline them, capitalize them, inset them in outline form: be sure we don't miss them. Why do you think all exams insist at at the top, "Illustrate;" "Be specific;" etc? They mean it. The illustrations, of course, need not be singularly relevant; but they must be there. If Vague Generalities are anathema, sparkling chips of concrete scattered throughout...

Author: By A Grader, | Title: A Grader's Reply | 5/15/1989 | See Source »

...band Tiffany watch. But behind the reserved, nearly studied exterior, her agile mind freewheels playfully. She conducts the meeting by digression, challenging and revising every assumption presented and switching subjects to alight on a new idea before circling around to finish the last. The method is collaborative: a free-form Scrabble game that reflects her scanning, multitrack way of thinking. Gradually, eventually, problems are solved: story ideas jell, stereotypes are smashed, cliches dissolved and media-worn phrases reconstituted into acceptable headlines...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCES LEAR: A Maturing Woman Unleashed | 5/15/1989 | See Source »

...years people spend in college are formative years and experimental years," Kresberg says. "You're probably going to form a lot of habits, and drinking habits are important to keep in mind." Troubling Figures About College Drinking...

Author: By Chip Cummins, | Title: Alcohol Use Now Leads to Problems Later | 5/12/1989 | See Source »

Celebrating the Human Form: Early Greek Sculptures--MFA at 8:00 Thursday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: What's Happening | 5/10/1989 | See Source »

...realize what English artists a century later, particularly Gainsborough, would gain from Reni. He had an inspired sense of the mechanics of composition, as Nessus and Dejanira proves: an airy ballet on the theme of rape, in which every billow and facet of the drapery seems to operate as form...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: The Partial Comeback of A Fallen Angel | 5/8/1989 | See Source »

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