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Word: got (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...audience didn't boo, but this was a civilized crowd. They just got up and kept on walking out. In the diminishing numbers, one man asked, "What is it like in a department to function without key posts...

Author: By Melissa R. Hart, | Title: A Blot on U.S. Education | 8/11/1989 | See Source »

Karen looked flustered. "I just didn't want to be rude and reach around you," she said nervously, as he moved aside so she could push button 13. The two women got out as the elevator stopped the third floor...

Author: By Lisa A. Taggart, | Title: What is the Right Thing & When Do You Do It? | 8/8/1989 | See Source »

...friends and I had been out *** when we got in the elevator. There were four of us, Karen, Jenny, Eric, and myself, all of us white, all of us stoned and headed up to Karen's apartment on the 13th floor to recover. I was feeling pretty fuzzy...

Author: By Lisa A. Taggart, | Title: What is the Right Thing & When Do You Do It? | 8/8/1989 | See Source »

...got on the elevator in front of us. He was Black and well-dressed, probably in his early 20s. Two women, who were also Black, entered the now-crowded box and stood in front of us. The man pushed a button and the doors closed on the seven of us. We were lined up, divided racially in rows with my three friends and myself behind the three strangers. The woman in front of me reached over and pushed a button for the third floor...

Author: By Lisa A. Taggart, | Title: What is the Right Thing & When Do You Do It? | 8/8/1989 | See Source »

...got out on our unlucky floor, Karen's embarrassment changed to anger. "How rude! I should have said, 'Would you push the button for me if I was Black...

Author: By Lisa A. Taggart, | Title: What is the Right Thing & When Do You Do It? | 8/8/1989 | See Source »

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