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Word: isn (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...isn't until well into the book's second section that we get the frank self-criticism and irony described above and for which Naipaul is so justly famous. It isn't until then, more than a quarter of the way into his autobiographical novel in a section called "The Journey," that he describes his departure from his birthplace in Trinidad at age 18 to study at Oxford and "become a writer...

Author: By Vindu P. Goel, | Title: Oxford Blues | 4/27/1987 | See Source »

...Durenburger's candor isn't likely to win him many points at home, where he faces a tough challenge in 1988 from State Attorney General Hubert H. Humphrey III, the legend's son. Courting the Jewish vote could not have been a strong motivation for a senator, whose constituency of 4.1 million counts only 35,000 Jews...

Author: By Laurie M. Grossman, | Title: Spy v. Spy: America and Israel | 4/27/1987 | See Source »

...Baxter isn't seldom-used...

Author: By Dan Breiner, | Title: Batsmen Set to Battle Cadets, Lions | 4/25/1987 | See Source »

...order to provide enough financial aid to everyone who needs it, administrators "are hoping to focus recruiting on people who can pay for all four years, which isn't really in keeping with the need-blind [admissions policy]," Posner said...

Author: By Emily Mieras, | Title: Bryn Mawr Faces Financial Crisis | 4/25/1987 | See Source »

...physical and she isn't very fast," Don McBride says. "It's all finesse and skill. She uses both hands well and she gets a lot of mileage out of this...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: Lacrosse's Kelly McBride | 4/25/1987 | See Source »

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