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Word: magical (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...been the Reagan Administration's glowing star, casting light on all the murky, mystifying tax and spending statistics that his wondrous computers at the Office of Management and Budget continually cranked out. He was the farm-bred, Harvard-educated wizard who would transform those numbers into the magic by which Ronald Reagan's economic recovery program would prove a smashing success. Even David Stockman's adversaries admired his effectiveness as a promoter of the Reagan cause. At his regular breakfast last week with Treasury Secretary Donald Regan and Chief Economic Adviser Murray Weidenbaum, Stockman was delighted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Visit to the Woodshed | 11/23/1981 | See Source »

That would seem to overstate the case. But enough damage has been done, insist some White House insiders, that the whiz kid will have to wave some new magic wands and make the furor fade away if he is to keep his job. Warned one official: "He's got about a week or maybe two before another decision will have to be made." Predicted another top aide: "He's going to bleed to death." Already there was talk in the White House about finding a replacement for Stockman. That, however, will not be easy. Shaky as those elusive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Visit to the Woodshed | 11/23/1981 | See Source »

...gloss over South Florida's woes. Its ultimate salvation rests in its citizens' ability to unite and face the problems they have managed to avoid so long. In the past, South Florida's people have never failed to rise to the challenges that have confronted them. "It's a magic place, it always snaps back," says Mitchell Wolfson, a prominent businessman and member of one of Miami's founding families...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Florida: Trouble in Paradise | 11/23/1981 | See Source »

Callinan's second carry of the game, a four-yard run off right tackle, pushed him over the 1000-yard mark for the season, the first Harvard back ever to reach that magic milestone. In addition, Callinan's 21 carries gave him 209 on the season, also a new Harvard record. You have to look back to Dick Clasby's old standard of 205 in 1951 to find what is now second best...

Author: By Michael Bass, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: After This Game, It's Best to Look Back | 11/23/1981 | See Source »

...captain, and as a player, his biggest concern right now--with The List taken care of--is definitely The Game. Coppinger would like nothing better than to recreate the magic of two years ago in The Yale Bowl tomorrow afternoon. That becomes evident when he talks about his future plans, because, really, there are no plans until after Yale...

Author: By Mark H. Doctoroff, | Title: Peter Coppinger | 11/20/1981 | See Source »

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