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Word: generousity (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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SENIOR events and souvenirs are supposed to bring the class together, but this shirt leaves a lot of us out. Pardon me, I'm going to be a starving journalist. I probably won't even answer American Express' generous offer to let me get a charge card for only $55 a year...

Author: By Brooke A. Masters, | Title: The Wrong Message for a Class Gift | 4/25/1989 | See Source »

...economic provisions. It includes only limited measures to advance productivity and a highly risky plan to index workers' wages. The Bush Administration is thinking of rewarding Poland for its moves toward liberalization by extending new credits, the first since martial law was imposed in 1981. Even a generous loan, however, may not be enough to help Poland surmount its $39 billion foreign debt, aging industries and chronic consumer shortages. All too many Poles are gripped with a visible depression of spirit that even the astonishing political changes have failed to lift...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Diplomacy Moscow Scales Back | 4/17/1989 | See Source »

...halftime, the scoreboard read 8-3. Vermont never came close again, despite enjoying 11 man-up situations in the game, assisted by Crimson carelessness and the referees' generous whistle-blowing...

Author: By Michael R. Grunwald, | Title: Laxmen Slide By UVM, 14-7 | 4/7/1989 | See Source »

...Harvard's generous, mild-mannered Dr. Jekyll side showed up March 25 in its 7-6 victory over an inferior Army team in the Ohiri Field...

Author: By Michael R. Grunwald, | Title: M. Lacrosse | 4/3/1989 | See Source »

Gore raised the injustice with IRS Acting Commissioner Michael J. Murphy, who agreed that the policy was wrong. Henceforth, he ruled, overly generous taxpayers will get refunds. The problem arises mainly for workers who retire or quit and get lump-sum pension payments but forget to claim a credit for the taxes that were withheld. Taxpayers who detect such an error as far back as 1985 can apply for repayment. The Government will even pony up interest on its unfair use of the citizens' money...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Taxes: A Kinder Collector | 4/3/1989 | See Source »

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