Word: meaningfulness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Built in the 1960s, the A-7 Corsair fighter-bomber has been outmoded by more advanced planes such as the F-16. At Nevada's Nellis Air Force Base, where a squadron of A-7s is located, pilots say the plane is a "dead stick without power" -- meaning that without...
Part of his argument rests on a deep concern about "intergenerational equity." There are "better ways to spend money than indefinitely extending life," he charges. Long treatment of the elderly drains funds from the health needs of other groups and from urgent social problems. He also has withering views about...
In truth, even with the most brilliant policy, the passage to a sounder prosperity is likely to be tricky, dangerous and painful. Lowering the trade deficit will take years, and will probably require a cut in American consumption -- meaning, in other words, at least a temporary reduction in the standard...
Data and media were plurals pure and simple in RHD-I; the new edition advises that data can be either singular or plural, and media as a singular has become common in, of all places, the media. Another favorite media word, kudos, has undergone an even more perplexing transformation. Originally...
This store, located at the intersection of Mass. Ave. and Linnaean St. near the Quad, is a gold mine for anyone searching for the true meaning of Hallowe'en. The owner, Sherry Gamble, and most of her staff are practioners in the art and religion of Wicca, commonly known to...