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Word: mottoes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Guessed It." On the first of these is a large, red book called "All in Color for a Dime," a discussion of early comics which begins, "What shapes a people...." And inside the front cover is the Quincy House seal, bearing Josiah Quincy's own signature and the House motto: "Discretio Moderatrix Virtutum"--"Prudence governs the virtuous...

Author: By Michael W. Miler, | Title: THE INCREDIBLE COMIC CZAR | 5/18/1981 | See Source »

...edge of the minister's solemn dark surplice as he sweeps up into the pulpit and the choir and organ thunder the last amen can be seen the orange and black seal of the university, and below it Princeton's motto...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 100 Per Cent on Prospect St. | 4/21/1981 | See Source »

...union which has the motto "We can't eat prestige." District 65 staked a lot on prestige in this campaign. Officials hoped the association with the UAW would dispel the doubts held last time around about the union's financial stability and its negotiating record...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Med Workers Reject Union; District 65 to File Complaint | 4/10/1981 | See Source »

Birnbach said "Official Preppy" T-shirts, book bags, and stationery will go on sale this summer to publicize an imaginary preppy college with the motto "semper prepperadus." Also, an "Official Preppy Desk Diary" is in the making, complete with a section for "confessions of summer flings with non-preppies...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Preppy Handbook Editor Calls Boston 'Shrine for Prepdom' | 4/4/1981 | See Source »

...club back when it needed one. There is silence. The reporter writes down Glanting's remark. More silence. Glanting is finding it hard to get up steam. He has been interviewed so often that his tape heads are gummed. He can no longer recite the club motto-"Dare to be dull." Lines like "We're out of it and proud of it" and "There's nothing wrong with being an ordinary stupid guy" no longer come trippingly to his tongue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In California: The Life and Death of a Good Joke | 3/30/1981 | See Source »

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