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Word: misses (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Director: Yeah, we're decided all right. I'll take care of everything. Tell the Big Man not to worry, sans detail s'il vous plait. (Turning to the Bag Lady) Excuse me miss, where do you get your political opinions...

Author: By Thomas M. Doyle, | Title: Being There | 2/10/1986 | See Source »

Bruises and hunger aside, I'm not altogether unhappy with our new Beast. It saves us hours of tedious intellectual discussion, promotes easy stereotypes, and saves wear and tear on heavy tools. Still, I really miss the good old days when I could drink my morning coffee without being labeled a puppet of Brazilian coffee monopolists...

Author: By James A. Himes, | Title: The Big Green Beast | 2/8/1986 | See Source »

...answer to the first question should clearly be "yes." Harvard's divestment has become both important and necessary in the fight against apartheid. If students do not vote "yes" on the first part of the referendum, they will miss what could be a crucial opportunity to tell the Administration that the student body supports divestment...

Author: By John Ross, | Title: Don't Be Hoodwinked | 2/5/1986 | See Source »

...Stretched out on the floor could only encourage the lowest of surmises." His equally malicious mother, listening to the plea on bended knee of the duped servant's wife, says imperiously, "Get up, child. A thing is not made more impressive by being said by a dwarf." Lest anyone miss the relevance of this portrait of privilege, Bond and Composers Nick Bicat and John McKinney have interspersed 15 eerie, offbeat songs, their lyrics tinged with references to tanks, gas chambers, rockets and other modern manifestations of authoritarian evil...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Leftist Anthem Restoration | 2/3/1986 | See Source »

...five large speed bumps along the driveway out of the Quad Alley. Oh, sure, driving a low-riding car over them can be killers on your axles, not to mention your muffler. But they slow down the shuttle so you can catch up to it if you miss its departure, and the bumps make an otherwise-dull bicycle ride a fun-filled adventure...

Author: By John Rosenthal, | Title: Shortchanging the Suburbs | 1/30/1986 | See Source »

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