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Word: iq (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Most Cabinet officers are brightest in the morning. After 10 a.m., the average IQ drops a point every half an hour; by nightfall it is off the charts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: Goodbye to All That | 9/19/1988 | See Source »

...ridiculous. The sublime: Biden simply was unimpressive in his questioning of Bork. He rarely completed sentences, and continually flashed cheesy smiles as he asked the judge to repeat himself over and over "just so I can get this straight." The ridiculous: "I think I have a much higher IQ than you do," he snapped to someone named Frank at a New Hampshire event last year...

Author: By Steven Lichtman, | Title: Biden His Time | 9/23/1987 | See Source »

...half of his class, won an international moot court competition and been named the outstanding student in political science at a college he said he graduated from with three degrees. "And," Biden said, delivering the coup de grace, "I'd be delighted to sit back and compare my IQ to yours if you'd like, Frank." So there...

Author: By Steven Lichtman, | Title: Biden His Time | 9/23/1987 | See Source »

...Hockey Team already has its share of high scorers and high IQ's what we need are some hard hitters who make opponents smart. Players who would show that the All-Hockey Team is made up of both prima donnas and matadors...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: Mark My Words | 4/17/1987 | See Source »

...IQ of a phone dramatically improves when it is plugged into a telephone network with smarts. The intelligence is provided by special switching equipment running new software developed mostly by AT&T. The equipment has made a range of complex phone features available to about half a million homes in at least six states, from Indiana to New Jersey. The services are collectively known as Custom Local-Area Signalling Services, or CLASS...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Telephones Get Smart | 3/30/1987 | See Source »

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