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Word: honorable (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...paucity of invention. And the frantic action of the conclusion seems more confession of failure than release of pent-up emotion. Sensational though Hardcore is, unblinking as it is in examining a tawdry scene, it is a serious effort, not an exploitation film. Its failure is entirely honor able, and its successful moments make it worthy of attention. But it is, regrettably, a failure...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Porn Scorned | 2/19/1979 | See Source »

Outside the lecture hall, members of the Harvard Jewish Law Students Association (HJLSA) protested Abdul-Assiz' designated status as "guest of honor" at the conference because of what they called Libyan violations of political and civil rights...

Author: By Sarah M. Mcgillis, | Title: Third World Conference Criticizes U.S. | 2/17/1979 | See Source »

...Cooper, the founder of the Harvard Black Students Association and current mayor of Pritchard, Alabama, said he received a letter from Alan M. Dershowitz, professor of law, yesterday, "deploring the decision of the conference committee to honor Abdul-Assiz...

Author: By Sarah M. Mcgillis, | Title: Third World Conference Criticizes U.S. | 2/17/1979 | See Source »

...name! Dean Rosovsky claimed the Crimson couldn't become part of the Core! The Faculty refused to give him tenure! President Horner claimed the Crimson was a she! President Bok said he wouldn't make any more mistakes, and vowed not to name a library in the Crimson's honor...

Author: By Bill Ginsberg, | Title: In Search of Crimson | 2/15/1979 | See Source »

...essential Waugh hero is a British Don Quixote dejectedly tilting at the 20th century. His troubles begin with a code of honor that is ill suited for campaigns in society or on the battlefield. Humor is shaped by innumerable collisions with bad manners, bad writing, bad architecture and bad service...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Fifty Years of Total Waugh | 2/12/1979 | See Source »

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