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Word: meannesses (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Collins is captivating as an unabashedly ordinary housewife who wants nothing more than a bit of liveliness and unpredictability but fears it's already too late. She deftly evokes a woman without a mean or malicious thought who sees everyone she knows as a disappointment. She turns the slender plot -- Shirley's sneaking off to Greece for a holiday and her temptation to stay there -- into genuine introspection. It's easy to see why Collins, who originated the role in London, last month won the Olivier Award for that portrayal. Praise belongs as well to designer Bruno Santini, who makes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Kitchen Beefs | 2/27/1989 | See Source »

...Does that mean that Marx's theory wasn't a theory of liberation of oppressed groups?" asks Alexander, who says there are many other instances of social scientists whose lives have contradicted their scholarship...

Author: By Joseph R. Palmore, | Title: Do Scholars Lives Affect Their Scholarship? | 2/25/1989 | See Source »

...those numbers are not staggering when compared with the mass anti-apartheid protests of 1986, they are the largest of this academic year. And though they were unrelated to the Tutu announcement--the rally was planned several days before Tutu's candidacy was released publicly--growing student interest could mean that Tutu's election will resuscitate what has been termed the dying divestment movement...

Author: By Jonathan S. Cohn, | Title: Tutu Looks for Overseer Seat | 2/25/1989 | See Source »

...like the location--I mean, being on the East Coast and all--and the school is really strong academically. Boston is attractive, Harvard has a good track team and there's always the Harvard mystique...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Profiles of Prospective Freshmen: Seeing Diversity in Early `Action' | 2/24/1989 | See Source »

...probably wouldn't have been so ready to come if I hadn't gone to summer school here," Pollack says. "I mean, there are lots of prefrosh walking around here with no clue where they're going...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Profiles of Prospective Freshmen: Seeing Diversity in Early `Action' | 2/24/1989 | See Source »

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