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Word: half (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Wisconsin's affirmative action plan, adopted early last year, called for the school to hire 70 new minority professors in three and a half years...

Author: By Joseph R. Palmore, | Title: Literary Expert Nixes Afro-Am Tenure Offer | 10/4/1989 | See Source »

Some students interviewed yesterday thought theservice was a half-baked idea...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dining Services Caters Cakes | 10/3/1989 | See Source »

Students in the course, who learned of it through newspaper advertisements, say six have joined the course, but the Registrar's Office said Friday official enrollment stands at half that...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Luminary Science Prof. Draws Few for Class | 10/3/1989 | See Source »

...never understand what happened in the World Series," the A's fan continued, shaking his head. "That Gibson, he couldn't even make it around the bases. He was practically crippled. But he hit that homer. Off of The Eck. I never even heard of half the Dodgers who were playing, but we couldn't beat those no-names...

Author: By Theodore D. Chuang, | Title: This Year, Someone's Gotta Win | 10/3/1989 | See Source »

Though they live in the small village of Makov (pop. 4,754), where only about half the people have running water, the Dulls are comfortably housed in a former Communist Party hunting lodge in the midst of a game reserve teeming with wild animals. The Dulls have been given a car and gasoline and receive a monthly stipend of about $700 apiece. Soviet farm workers make as little as 90 rubles ($140) a month...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Ukraine Planting Some New Ideas | 10/2/1989 | See Source »

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