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Word: impromptu (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...president of the United Steel Workers union, Lynn Williams--father of a member of the Class of '89--also added his voice to the protest. As he entered the Yard with his wife and son, he joined the demonstrators, and later gave an impromptu speech...

Author: By Adam K. Goodheart, | Title: Union Supporters Protest Against Stone | 6/8/1989 | See Source »

...impromptu meeting late last night, student activists vowed to protest the Undergraduate Council's vote recommending that the Reserve Officers Training Corps program be reinstated on campus, but could not agree on proposals to immediately hold a rally...

Author: By Adam K. Goodheart, | Title: Activist Response Planned | 4/24/1989 | See Source »

...gave Government employees two lectures about ethics -- something hardly anyone opposes -- implying that the store is now under stricter management. Bush also reversed Reagan's deaf-ear strategy for handling the press, inviting several reporters to dinner and asking others to the Oval Office on short notice for impromptu question-and-answer sessions. Just in case anyone missed the point about a fast start, the President even went jogging...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hitting The Ground Running | 2/6/1989 | See Source »

Like Hirohito, who was an avid amateur marine biologist, Akihito became an expert on fish. He is also a dedicated musician, and the palace often resounds with impromptu concerts of Mozart, Grieg or Beethoven; Akihito is a fine cellist and is joined by his wife playing the harp, Hiro on viola, Aya on the guitar and Nori at the piano. Says chief chamberlain Yasuo Shigeta: "This is a family so full of sweet music...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Akihito: The Son Also Rises | 1/16/1989 | See Source »

...controlled chaos. "Are the Pleiades part of Taurus?" Franco Mastantuono asks no one in particular. Classmate Lisa David explains the difference between a crescent and a gibbous moon -- a waxing gibbous, at that. Barry Lyons solves the mystery of the moon's phases for a visitor by drawing an impromptu diagram. "What was the moon last night?" Petricone bellows. "A waxing crescent," Karyn Woodbury shoots back as she assembles her celestial sphere. "What about tonight?" Petricone pushes. "A first quarter," pipes another voice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Lessons From On High | 1/9/1989 | See Source »

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