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Word: handly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Levine further argues that the literacy derived from viewing the plays first hand--as opposed to reading entries in a dictionary--has greater meaning. In making this claim, Levine recognizes that he is going up against the prevailing theory that "popularized" versions of Shakespeare's plays...

Author: By Noam S. Cohen, | Title: A Time When Popular Culture Included the Fine Arts | 2/6/1989 | See Source »

...other hand, weren't able to savor the taste of victory as they lost to both Princeton and Air Force in what Co-Captain Paul Pottinger described as "a couple of disappointing losses...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fencers Gain Mixed Results | 2/6/1989 | See Source »

...Supreme Court has never ruled squarely on that issue and has not even faced it indirectly since the 1930s. Then it upheld a law banning sawed-off shotguns on the ground that they would be of no use to a militia, seemingly upholding the collective interpretation. On the other hand, some writings of the Founding Fathers indicate they believed an armed citizenry to be the ultimate check against any tendency of their own government to turn into an oppressive tyranny, which would imply an individual right to bear arms...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Other Arms Race | 2/6/1989 | See Source »

...Well, we did that once before, we can do it again." A certain kind of inertia takes over. But I think what has come over the years is a more consistent spirit. We have more confidence now in what we do. Whereas before it was like rolling a hand grenade into a hen house -- you just waited to see where the feathers would land. You know, that's not a bad idea, rolling a hand grenade into...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Interview :David Letterman He's No Johnny Carson | 2/6/1989 | See Source »

...wellsprings of middle-class idealism; in 1987 almost all the 7,000 ! young adults enrolled in such programs came from low-income families. The sad truth is that any major commitment to national service requires either a pay scale much higher than McDonald's or the heavy hand of federal coercion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Gap Between Will and Wallet | 2/6/1989 | See Source »

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