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Word: manful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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ACCORDING to the October 16 issue of U.S. News & World Report, Harvard-Radcliffe ranks third among national universities. This came as quite a shock to an acquaintance, a "Harvard man" if ever there was one. He's not used to being second-best in anything; third is simply anathema...

Author: By Adam L. Berger, | Title: Of Jellybeans and Ivy League Rankings | 10/19/1989 | See Source »

...Harvard man didn't see it that way. "This university doesn't have to answer to anyone," he snorted, "except possibly the Justice Department. But certainly not to any pagan journalists...

Author: By Adam L. Berger, | Title: Of Jellybeans and Ivy League Rankings | 10/19/1989 | See Source »

...report, I confessed, made no mention of setting. The Harvard man had made his point--but he was already onto another item...

Author: By Adam L. Berger, | Title: Of Jellybeans and Ivy League Rankings | 10/19/1989 | See Source »

...seemed the Harvard man had finally seen the light. Ranking national universities in terms of "overall goodness" is a ludicrous business, he said...

Author: By Adam L. Berger, | Title: Of Jellybeans and Ivy League Rankings | 10/19/1989 | See Source »

Pardon me, but a lot of high school sweethearts would take exception. "Statutory rape" is a label applied to any sexual intercourse--consensual or not--with a woman under 18. Any man who had a sexually active relationship at this age is a statutory rapist. (Yes, that includes even magical moonlit nights after the junior prom...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: When 'Rape' Isn't Rape | 10/19/1989 | See Source »

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