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Word: isn (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Harvard anyway?" my prospective freshman sister growls over the phone. Remembering my own grumpy wait for that admissions letter, I mumble some sympathetic words about "hanging in there" and "it's not the end of the world either way" stuff, but the question sticks in my mind. Maybe Harvard isn't such a great school anymore...

Author: By Matthew Pinsker, | Title: 10,000 Names of Harvard | 1/4/1989 | See Source »

...laugh at that bit of Princeton nonsense. "How can one quantify the worth of a Stephen Jay Gould?" I retort haughtily. "Isn't he worth more than some two-bit rock digger from South Jersey State...

Author: By Matthew Pinsker, | Title: 10,000 Names of Harvard | 1/4/1989 | See Source »

...real issue isn't whether it might be more efficient in the short-run to let the market decide the value of the dollar. It is whether we should be satisfied with eliminating the trade deficit by compromising future competitiveness and our present standard of living...

Author: By Joshua M. Sharfstein, | Title: Must It Come Down? | 1/4/1989 | See Source »

...other worrisome facts support Israel's skepticism about last week's actions and lend credence to an observation Henry Kissinger has made privately: "If you believe that their real intention is to kill you, it isn't unreasonable to believe that they would...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Case for Skepticism | 12/26/1988 | See Source »

...seems to be in the business of helping its readers mark the inexorable passage of time until their subscriptions are up for renewal. For example, I quickly skipped over a promotion for the Newsweek Pocket Diary that bills itself as "the perfect corporate gift." Not in every corporation, it isn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: The First Crisis of the New Year | 12/26/1988 | See Source »

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