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Word: modern (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Despite the pressures of the our modern world, family and community remain the moral core of our society, guardians of our values and hopes for the future," Reagan said before the joint session of Congress. "Family and community are the costars of this great American comeback...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Reagan Hails `Great American Comeback' | 2/5/1986 | See Source »

...Extension students have stronger backgrounds in molecular biology and bio-chemistry than medical school students," Pier says. "They are clearly being educated with modern concepts...

Author: By James P. Gerace, | Title: Harvard After Dark | 2/3/1986 | See Source »

...most momentous vacations. The towering (6 ft. 7 in.), charismatic monarch became the first Czar ever to venture peacefully outside his country, traveling for 18 months to the major capitals of Western Europe. He absorbed Western ideas and technological know-how and returned to guide Russia into the modern world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: From Russia, with Agony: Peter the Great | 2/3/1986 | See Source »

...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 »

Each "can group," as the mid-career students call themselves because of their use of the same bathroom facilities, features plush wall-to-wall carpeting; a large and comfortable modern sofa and a complete bar and television set hidden away behind wooden wall cabinets. In addition, each living group is also a study group, going over sample cases and problems together. So on one side of the common room is a small business-like conference table and a blackboard for the group to use in order to work together each morning...

Author: By Jeffrey P. Meier, | Title: Back to School for Money Moguls | 2/1/1986 | See Source »

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