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Word: meannesses (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...variant forms of sex are distasteful and should generally be discouraged. Let us also stipulate that the kind of pornography that flourishes in most cities is also distasteful and to be discouraged. Now even if this were all true -- and a majority of Americans think it is -- does it mean that the forces of law and government should proclaim such sexual activities illegal and threaten all offenders with prison terms? More generally, does it mean that the permissiveness of the past 20 years has finally gone too far, particularly in its blatant public displays, and that the government...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: The Individual Is Sovereign | 7/21/1986 | See Source »

...film opens on a baseball field where Danny and Bernie, girlfriendless at the moment but certainly not lacking in female company, if you know what I mean, are busy showing themselves off to the lovelies watching from the bleachers. Across an uncrowded baseball field, Danny spots Debbie, a young advertising executive out to watch her lover/boss run around the bases. When they meet later on at Mother's, a local bar/singles hangout, they "can't help noticing that they weren't noticing each other." One thing doesn't really seem to lead to another, but somehow Debbie ends...

Author: By Cristina V. Coletta, | Title: About Men, Women, Love | 7/18/1986 | See Source »

Talking can get very boring when you're talking to a wall, or to a University which ignores the voices of others. But that doesn't mean we should stop trying to influence the community. Every person at Harvard is responsible for his or her actions and all citizens of this community must make an effort to influence its values. No one is just passing through...

Author: By Jonathan M. Moses, | Title: Taking Responsibility | 7/15/1986 | See Source »

...affect Harvard under the general heading of activist, we do a disservice to the community. One need not be a constant gadfly to participate in a society. Journalists have a tendency to concentrate on the loudest or bestknown matters of contention in our community. But that doesn't mean divestment is the only issue of concern at Harvard. In addition to the omnipresent South Africa questions, there are questions about the diversity of the faculty, the effectiveness of a liberal arts education, University relations with Cambridge, the quality of housing and many others which also require a student voice...

Author: By Jonathan M. Moses, | Title: Taking Responsibility | 7/15/1986 | See Source »

...windows. Now Clayton and Love's widow are ready to retire, but they say that the Crystal Palace is profitable. Local ranchers and tourists enjoy being served by bartenders who wear stiff cotton shirts, string ties and black pants, just like in the days when Wyatt Earp dealt a mean game of faro...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Real Estate: Put Up Half a Million, Pardner | 7/14/1986 | See Source »

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