Word: longer
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...overwrought, misjudged performance) can buy everything but common sense and fills life's emptiness with a riot of ugly possessions. Her son Cyril (Philip Davis) has gone the opposite route. He is a leftover leftist who cannot abandon the habit of Marxist analysis but is unable to believe any longer in its power to effect change...
...Admit it: the Celtics are no longer the elite team in the Eastern Conference...
...from its stupor and has spoken out on important issues like the all-male membership of Harvard's final clubs and the need for more minority and women faculty at Harvard. But without structural changes, there is no guarantee that the council's new-found political awareness will last longer than the academic year...
...first day as a full-time discounter, Sears rang up about twice as much in sales as usual. Michael Bozic, chairman of the Sears Merchandise Group, said he found the response "extremely gratifying." But the longer- term question is whether Sears will consistently be able to match the prices of such established discounters as Target and Toys "R" Us. Shopper Nichelle Smith, 20, who went to a Sears outlet in suburban St. Louis last week to shop for inexpensive children's clothing, appreciated the lower prices but wondered whether Sears will stay competitive. Said she: "I'm going to come...
...mechanical mishaps that have raised public anxiety about the safety of U.S. jetliners. Even though the rate of airline fatalities has declined in the decade since deregulation, the U.S. airline industry has flown its jets into uncharted territory during that time. U.S. carriers have pushed their fleets longer and harder than ever, and the strains have begun to show...