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Word: mottoes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...adds that Eva is not afraid of using any and everyone to get what she wants. "I think that's the point of the play--we're all using one another so we can't point the finger at anyone. I don't think that's anyone's life motto. But everyone has bad things about them, and hopefully everyone has good things about them too," she says...

Author: By Melanie R. Williams, | Title: The Musical Makes a Comeback | 11/18/1988 | See Source »

...decidedly un-Asian Dana Carvey. Carvey, sporting a black wig and thick glasses, played a Chinese pet shop owner. He spoke in an exaggerated "Chinese" accent. The main joke in the skits centered on Carvey's dubious proclivity for his chickens. "Chicken make good house pet" was his motto...

Author: By Aline Brosh, | Title: Old Racism, New Victims | 11/17/1988 | See Source »

That's the motto the Harvard men's water polo team will use this weekend when the Crimson travels down 1-95 to compete in the New England League Championships at Brown in Providence...

Author: By Michael Stankiewicz, | Title: Aquadudes to Compete In N.E. Tournament | 11/4/1988 | See Source »

Second, I would like to correct a quote which states, "The lesbian community has outgrown [Seventh Sense]." The implication of this comment is completely inaccurate: Seventh Sense is not a lesbian group. Seventh Sense is a confidential, women's discussion group about issues of sexual orientation, and its motto has always been "no assumptions (about anyone's sexual orientation)." The article would have done well to take that advice, as illustrated by the mistaken paraphrasing in the quotation above. Obviously, Seventh Sense has very specific goals which do not satisfy, nor were they intended to satsify, the needs...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: GLSA | 10/26/1988 | See Source »

There's the heart of the problem. The Coop has wandered from it original mission, proclaimed by its motto "Serving the Academic Community Since 1882," and has tried to sell in the high-profit, highly competitive Boston retail market, for which the Coop is ill-suited. The Coop caters mainly to student needs and should not try to outdo department stores that serve a broader community. Students and faculty have funded the Coop's expensive ventures in the form of lower rebates...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Coop De Grace | 10/18/1988 | See Source »

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