Search Details

Word: isn (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...thing, they could have shortened the "Prologue" and used the space for other organizations. The "Chronology" (which isn't chronological, but why nitpick?) is supposed to be a trip throught the 350-year history of our college. Yet interspersed among the interesting histories and old photos are artistic pictures of autumn leaves, snow covered rocks, or shadowy, unrecognizable paths...

Author: By Jennifer M. Oconnor, | Title: A Book Without the Class | 6/4/1986 | See Source »

...development office is now scrambling to find the right donor. The undying fame of getting one's name on a house, "isn't going to do it by itself," says Reardon. The University's top fundraiser says he hopes that alumni will "sense this real opportunity to bring that cluster of houses into the programs and educational opportunities all other houses have...

Author: By Laurie M. Grossman, | Title: "Getting Over the Stereotype That We're Rich" | 6/3/1986 | See Source »

...wartime Turkish Ambassador to the U.S. back to Istanbul to be buried. Since then he's seen ports of call from Australia to Italy and been tattooed by the best in Norfolk, Va., Hong Kong, Yokohama and Pearl Harbor. With just over 40 years in service, Davidson isn't padding his pension. He can't improve on the 75% of his monthly base salary of $2,467.80 that's due him if he retires tomorrow. When the call from Washington reached him in 1983, asking him if he wanted a second tour on the ship, there was no hesitation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In California: Out of Mothballs | 6/2/1986 | See Source »

...have much to impart to the world, and I wish this attention would come at a time when I did," she says. Reminded that when she has years, she will wish for youth, this winning young woman agrees, and adds gravely, "It is so badly designed, isn't it, this whole process...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Greetings to the Class of '86 | 5/26/1986 | See Source »

...This isn't a protectionist bill," Majority Leader Jim Wright, D-Texas, said. "It is an anti-protectionist bill." He called it a remedy for "the trade cancer that is gnawing at the vital organs of our nation...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: House Passes Bill on Import Restraints | 5/23/1986 | See Source »

Previous | 206 | 207 | 208 | 209 | 210 | 211 | 212 | 213 | 214 | 215 | 216 | 217 | 218 | 219 | 220 | 221 | 222 | 223 | 224 | 225 | 226 | Next