Word: magical
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...what to do about the alleged excesses of the domestic stock market is considerably thornier. Many people argue that there is little or nothing to be done at all. That feeling is particularly strong within the Reagan Administration, which has a fervent belief in what the President calls the "magic of the marketplace...
Harvard scored two late goals to knock off Brown University, 2-1, last Saturday, but couldn't repeat the magic last night, despite Groome's heroic efforts...
...meticulous phrasing that changed the intonation of popular music, the velvety, plaintive baritone that was the most distinctive male singing voice between Bing Crosby's and Elvis Presley's. Sinatra's character is a thumb in the public eye, but his songs continue to work a lonely magic. And not so lonely. Kelley notes that Frank, like everyone else, used Sinatra LPs as fail-safe aids to seduction...
...hurry home from the Stadium Saturday afternoon and call Sportsphone to see how Bob, Geoff and myself have fared? Do you recompute Bob's magic number to clinch the title before hitting the Saturday night parties...
Allan M. Brandt is an assistant professor of the History of Medicine and Science. He holds a joint appointment in the Department of Social Medicine and Health Policy at the Medical School and in the Department of the History of Science. He is the author of No Magic Bullet: A Social History of Venereal Disease in the United States Since...