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Word: highes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Harvard's attitude is a condescending and troubling one. In effect, it says to MIT that "we're too high and mighty to sully ourselves with such a vile institution as ROTC, but as long you're willing to prostitute yourself, we'll send our ROTC students over to you and thereby keep ourselves pure...

Author: By Michael J. Lartigue, | Title: ROTC's Already Here | 4/29/1989 | See Source »

...Wild Thing" immediately finds himself at odds with the conservative world of baseball. His hair is goofy--spiked high with a razor-cut zig-zag on the sides. His casual attitude toward his appearance causes the manager to chide, "We wear caps and sleeves at this level...

Author: By Seth A. Gitell, | Title: Taking a Swing at the Movies | 4/29/1989 | See Source »

...overall impression, then, is of luminous high points interspersed with perplexing gaffes. The spots where Jackson falters are not, however, indications of poor musicianship or songwriting; rather, they seem to be errors of judgment, or lapses in commitment to his ideas. Even mediocre Joe Jackson is better then most of the pop music out there, however, and the transcendent moments on Blaze of Glory--which far outnumber the lulls--make the album a worthwhile listen...

Author: By Glenn Slater, | Title: Great Balls of Fire | 4/28/1989 | See Source »

Another product sketch, this time for "Sculptionary," (a variation on the game "Pictionary") succeeds mainly because of its quick-shifting camera shots, its high-energy acting and the brevity of the clip itself...

Author: By Kelly A. Matthews, | Title: Sickness with a Cure | 4/28/1989 | See Source »

...Harvard, students tout tolerance and equity and awareness and diversity and other high-minded tenets of liberalism. But when it comes to their own lives, how many volunteer their time, how many make friends outside of their peer group, how many march for or otherwise act on their principles? How may just talk in circles...

Author: By Laurie M. Grossman, | Title: Lieutenant Second-Class? | 4/27/1989 | See Source »

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