Word: isn
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...overpowering assumption, an assumption so cosmic that it is sometimes accepted. For example, we wrote that it was pretty obvious that the vague generality was the key device in any discussion of examination writing. Why is it obvious? As a matter of fact it isn't obvious at all, but just an arbitrary point from which to start. That is an example of an unwarranted assumption...
...Each season she buys a new wardrobe of Chanel clothes and cruises about Manhattan on 65 pairs of black flats. "At every age a woman should feel she is dressed her best," advises Lear. "Often intelligent women feel embarrassed about concentrating on fashion. They shouldn't. It isn't trivial." Though a feminist, she readily exalts the sexual power of feminine beauty. Blissfully she recalls lounging about a country-club pool in her 20s. "I was wearing a fuchsia top and bottom, brief for those times. My body was just right. Well, the men just kept on coming over...
...Harvard's first Ivy loss since 1983 and as the co-captain of the team, Mulvehal had the responsibility of telling her teammates, "It's just one match, the season isn't over...
Smith said he was glad that this award recognized students who excelled in more than academics. "This award isn't based solely on academic achievement and it's nice to have something like that here," Smith said...
...game isn't over yet," says Slatkin. "There will be other changes. These three changes will engender more." In the high-stakes game of musical chairs that got under way last week, the more things change, the more they will stay the same...