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Word: knowingness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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LONG BEFORE America's oldest monthly changed its look and format, there were long faces and knowing smiles in the magazine world. Rumor had it that Lewis Lapharm. Harper's former editor, had regained his job on the strength of a memo he wrote to Harper's board which outlined...

Author: By Theodore P. Friend, | Title: HARPER'S: Not So Bizarre | 3/3/1984 | See Source »

With a 7-4 victory over Poland, the U.S. closed out a 2-2-2 Olympics for a seventh-place finish, the lowest ever. "Going in, we rated ourselves in the middle," said Coach Lou Vairo, "knowing the Russians and Czechs were superior. I don't think we deserved...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Something to Shout About | 2/27/1984 | See Source »

What follows is frequently funny and pointed but sometimes mutes Norman's natural voice and sounds uncomfortably like those of other playwrights. There are Neil Simonesque one-liners: "Life is summer camp, and death is lights-out." Ibsenesque dialectic about values: "God found God, and it was Man: God...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Blasted Garden | 2/27/1984 | See Source »

Indeed, examples of the excitement of our times unfolded all week long. Within minutes of the predawn news of Yuri Andropov's death, TIME'S editors were gathering to discuss the magazine's coverage and to deploy correspondents and photographers. In Moscow, Bureau Chief Erik Amfitheatrof, worried...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher: Feb. 20, 1984 | 2/20/1984 | See Source »

As Carrabino warns, though, Harvard today is a far better team than the one that split with Penn add Princeton just over a month ago. "We can't just walk in there and win," he says, "but at least we're going in there knowing we can [win]."

Author: By Jeffrey A. Zucker, | Title: In Search of...Cagers Head South | 2/17/1984 | See Source »

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