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Word: meant (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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However, the University's list is not meant to be an exhaustive list of all asbestos-ridden areas on campus, he said...

Author: By Brooke A. Masters, | Title: Administration to Spend $1M to Remove Asbestos | 5/2/1987 | See Source »

...group explained that its recommendations were meant to "accommodate the several legitimate interests involved--the educational value in allowing open discussion of controversial issues and allowing maximum job choice for our students and the right of concerned students and faculty to openly challenge and try to change the activities of recruiting organizations they believe are immoral and/or illegal...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: UMass Does Not Bar Recruiting by CIA | 5/2/1987 | See Source »

...Mousetrap is vintage Christie. Formulaic at its worst and delightful at its best, the play receives a thoroughly enjoyable treatment from the Leverett House crew. Trotter's stellar acting and Pappas' charming Swiss Italian accent turn the play into the light entertainment it is meant...

Author: By Ross G. Forman, | Title: The Nousetrap | 5/1/1987 | See Source »

...problem with Extreme is that the viewer cannot decide whether the film is meant to be taken as a joke. On one hand, the actors seem to take their roles very seriously, uttering their lines with all the gravity one would give to a Shakespearean soliloquy. On the other hand, the lines themselves and most of the action are so uproariously stupid that one cannot help but think that Nolte and company are giggling hysterically behind their iron faces. So it may just be that Extreme Prejudice is one of those rare Hollywood gems: a film taken seriously precisely because...

Author: By Jeff Chase, | Title: Macho Cheese Dip | 4/30/1987 | See Source »

...dude. But seriously, why bother with the whole artificial death scene, man, I mean in the end it's all the same, right? I'm for just hanging loose, dude, like playing it fully casual--I say let's place a moratorium on doomsday machines, and then divert funds meant for the Defense Department to the Grateful Dead. You in, dude...

Author: By Eric Pulier, | Title: THC: To Harmony & Celebration | 4/30/1987 | See Source »

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