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Word: isn (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...drives a bulldozer once pointed out to him the distinction between doing real work and writing for a living. Captain Midlife concedes the difference more than ever now when what he does is what he does and not what he is going to do when he grows up. This isn't work, it's me, the Captain acknowledges, exults. What he loves most is the words. The words! At night he hears them scuttling across the linoleum in the kitchen, rattling the dishes. He goes downstairs for a chat. They have a midnight snack...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Captain Midlife Sends a Valentine | 2/15/1988 | See Source »

...town muscled into an oil capital, a sprawling city in every sense. Venues may seem a bit more scattered than usual, but this is where Canadian ingenuity comes in. The writer Pierre Berton offers a definition: "A Canadian is someone who could make love in a canoe." After all, isn't intimacy part balance and part illusion? From an American standpoint, another attraction may be that the Yanks don't win so often. Almost four years since that pretty but loud Los Angeles summer, the star- spangled anthem still screams in a few ears, and humming along with Finns...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Olympic Preview: On Your Marks | 2/15/1988 | See Source »

...president will not say if the results of the nine faculty reviews will ever be made public. And Bok isn't known for sharing his mail...

Author: By Susan B. Glasser, | Title: Bok Set to Review Fundraisers At the 9 University Faculties | 2/13/1988 | See Source »

...vision for HSA would be that it provide a full management experience to students which includes both functional experience and innovation. Unfortunately under current management that type of innovation isn't encouraged," says Proudfit, who now works for Proctor and Gamble in Cincinatti...

Author: By Neil A. Cooper, | Title: Business Training Ground or Just Another Job? | 2/10/1988 | See Source »

...look." The waiting area contains a desk and a single metal chair. But then no one waits very long. The thing authors like best about FS&G is that they get to meet the people who work there. Says Brodsky: "Other publishers could be compared to factories. FS&G isn't a publishing house; it is an extension of my home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Winning The Old-Fashioned Way | 2/8/1988 | See Source »

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