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Word: knowingness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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"Wrong," says Baker. "The thing is getting them in. They're smart as hell. Their eyesight and hearing are incredible, about ten times better than a human's. The trick is in getting them where you want them, on your terms. Then you control the situation, not them. You have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Playing for the Edge | 2/13/1989 | See Source »

A. I take some solace in knowing that Balzac was criticized the same way -- he was obsessed with furniture. Details are of no use unless they lead you to an understanding of the heart. It's no mystery; it has to do with the whole subject of status.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Interview: Master Of His Universe: TOM WOLFE | 2/13/1989 | See Source »

Just hours before the Senate righteously denounced and rejected the pay raise (knowing full well that the House would ride to the rescue), a wilted Wright reversed field, declaring that the House would vote after all -- to reduce the pay hike, once it goes into effect, to 30%. That would...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Games Congress Plays | 2/13/1989 | See Source »

YET, despite the historical interest of knowing that culture hasn't always been appreciated in America in the same uneven way, the detailed discussion of America's egalitarian cultural past serves a more crafty purpose. It provides the dramatic tension that keeps the work going. The more impressive 19th century...

Author: By Noam S. Cohen, | Title: A Time When Popular Culture Included the Fine Arts | 2/6/1989 | See Source »

A former computer operator and onetime Marxist who moved to the far right in the mid-1970s, LaRouche has been living in luxury on an estate near Leesburg, Va., where heavily armed guards watch for would-be assassins. His followers set up tables in airports to solicit contributions and sell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Debtor's Prison: Lyndon LaRouche | 2/6/1989 | See Source »

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