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Word: lot (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...indisputably Shakespearean circus, the Bard doing breast-stroke, the actors barnstorming with the kind of relish rarely unleashed in Harvard theater. It never approaches a tragedy of thought and feeling--it doesn't leave you numb (unless with the cold)--only surprised and which is saying a lot for swimming-pool Shakespeare...

Author: By David B. Edelstein, | Title: Floating Shakespeare | 12/12/1978 | See Source »

...much weight to make the line. It was traumatic. "It affected Susan's image of herself," says Dick Cording, the girls' sympathetic father, who is chairman of the philosophy department at nearby Sam Houston State University. As a result, he says, "we've talked a lot about handling defeat in this family...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Texas: Twirling to Beat the Band | 12/11/1978 | See Source »

...favoritism and threatened to have him fired. Things got so bad that Wuensche no longer allows parents to attend the twirling line tryouts, which are now held behind locked doors in the gym. "They all think their kids are the best," says Wuensche. "They've spent a lot of money on them, and they don't want to waste...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Texas: Twirling to Beat the Band | 12/11/1978 | See Source »

...lot as being written these days on leadership by such experts as Rutgers Emmet thread Hughes and Williams' James MacGregor Burns. A common thread that binds their thoughtful expositions is that successful leadership is a state of mind Leadership a speech; it is a hundred decisions, not a single act. Leadership is a march down a long road, not always in a straight line, but always directed to ward some distant landmark. Finally, leadership involves total belief and commitment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: The Crux of Leadership | 12/11/1978 | See Source »

...teeth. At the very least the treatments massage the psyche. Says Arpel's Newman: "We're cheaper than a psychiatrist, we're more fun, we'll listen to all the problems you want to tell us, and you'll come out looking a whole lot better...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: The Newest Skin Game | 12/11/1978 | See Source »

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