Word: isn
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Searching the streets of Boston in the middle of February for a gift is not much of an advantage over being single," says a female Winthrop junior. "Staying together until Valentine's Day isn't that easy either, believe me," adds her roommate...
...prepared to a "t" for the Briggs Athletic Center invasion of the Duke Blue Devils last night. Ate a healthy dinner, spent extra time combing my hair. Even wore a jacket and tie for the occasion. After all, it isn't every day that a top-20 powerhouse comes to play the local heroes...
...real thing that saved my sanity in '83," he says, "was that in my heart I knew I had done everything I could. But the second thing was the people. After I won the Cup in '80, I received about 100 letters. Out of 200 million people, that isn't very many. In 1983 I got thousands, maybe tens of thousands. If you look at the films after that seventh race, you'll see Dennis standing absolutely alone ((abandoned by the N.Y.Y.C.)), a small businessman from San Diego facing the music by himself, with tears running down my cheeks. People...
...boat decals and spinnaker ads. If Baseball Emperor George Steinbrenner had been a little more forthcoming, Conner might have painted this boat with pinstripes and called it Yankee. With a better contribution, Real Estate Tycoon Donald Trump might have had Trump Card. "Funding, staffing, operating, planning, logistics, everything -- isn't that the game of life?" Conner says. Isn't it, campers? "Murray's got to be a six-figure guy," says Conner, who is not. "But I've got to think something good will happen for me along...
...that put him in the big money. Moreover, a columnist is expected to be pigeonholed politically. The Gannett chain advises its 92 daily papers to pick columnists whose views range a broad spectrum -- from Mary McGrory's spirited liberalism, say, to James J. Kilpatrick's avuncular conservatism. But positioning isn't always enough: even in the age of Reagan, Jeane Kirkpatrick and Norman Podhoretz have not built significant reputations...