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Word: indirectly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...intimate relationship. They want to be on a pedestal and have everything done for them. A surprisingly large number of women who are liberated and successful in business are not that way in dating because they have learned from their mothers to be passive and indirect...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Chicago Make Me a Perfect Match | 11/28/1988 | See Source »

Interview Format: It can range from a very structured, direct interview in which the interviewer has prepared questions, to an indirect interview in which the interviewer sits back and lets the conversation follow its own course...

Author: By John Noble, | Title: Interview Motto: Be Prepared | 10/21/1988 | See Source »

Nozick explained that belief in God may in part be an indirect result of confidence in the meaning of one's own personal experiences...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Nozick: God Cannot Prove His Existence | 10/15/1988 | See Source »

...moment he threw down the gauntlet by saying, "If Bush keeps it up, he's going to be the Joe Isuzu of American politics." While Bush immediately countered that one of Dukakis' answers was "as clear as Boston Harbor," he generally avoided such frontal attacks, although he continued his indirect assault on Dukakis over emotionally charged values issues...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An Icy Duke Edges Out Bush in a Taut Debate | 10/3/1988 | See Source »

...award was an indirect tribute to U.N. Secretary-General Javiar Perez de Cuellar. Perez de Cuellar was instrumental in mediating the Iran-Iraqcease fire, initiating the Soviet withdrawal fromAfghanistan and promoting peace talks in southwestAfrica...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Peacekeepers Win Nobel; Move Wins Profs Praise | 9/30/1988 | See Source »

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