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Word: lightly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...there any one set of clear answers on what to do about the hideously complex results of years of economic blindness. To judge the candidates' potential as economic leaders, it is necessary to examine their mastery of financial complexities, their candor in facing economic reality and their credibility in light of their record...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Crash: A Deficit on the Trail | 11/9/1987 | See Source »

...Valkenburgh said that he and Brian Aviles, his graduate student assistant, have considered making the light "blood red neon--something warm and visceral in the winter...

Author: By Joseph R. Palmore, | Title: Frozen Maze Will Grace Quad | 11/6/1987 | See Source »

...midfield traffic jam gave the Crimson problems moving the ball up the field, but midway through the second half, an F.J. Gould pass gave Lyons the green light to break the tie. Lyons beat his UMass defender to the pass, dribbled the ball up the field and fired the game-winning goal into the right corner...

Author: By Jennifer M. Frey, | Title: Booters Shoot Minutemen, 2-1 | 11/5/1987 | See Source »

...summer break. No doubt he was gratified to discover how much influence his earlier paper had had. According to a South African political scientist, the "profound manner in which Huntington's address to the Political Science Association of South Africa prescribed or reflected state strategy is clear in the light of subsequent events." (4) Huntington's reform strategy quite definitely informed the South African government's efforts. His 1981 paper helped provide the intellectual justification for, and is cited extensively in, proposals for the 1984 constitution, cornerstone of State President P.W. Botha's so-called reforms...

Author: By Gay Seidman, | Title: Mr. Huntington Goes to Pretoria | 11/5/1987 | See Source »

...Brahms?" asks an old joke making light of the composer's changing musical idiom. But if the composer had always written music like his three sonatas for violin and piano, the witticism would never have gained currency. Far removed from the composer's youthful sturm und drang, these autumnal pieces represent a tempered and philosophical old master...

Author: By James E. Schwartz, | Title: Brahms, Brahms, More Brahms | 11/4/1987 | See Source »

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