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Word: musts (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...theory of underconsumption and purchasing power must be grounded in the psychology of the people." (Economics...

Author: By Donald Carswell, | Title: Beating the System | 8/15/1989 | See Source »

...course, some people are naturally conservative; they avoid taking a position whenever possible. They just don't believe in going out on a limb when they don't know the genus of the tree. For these people, the vague generality must be partially junked and replaced by the artful equivocation, or the art of talking around the point...

Author: By Donald Carswell, | Title: Beating the System | 8/15/1989 | See Source »

...hard to say. The equivocator writes an essay about the point, but never on it. Consequently, the grader often mentally assumes theat the right answer is known by the equivocator and marks the essay as an extension of the point rather than a complete irrelevance. The artful equivocation must imply the writer knows the right answer, but it must never get definite enough to eliminate any possibilities...

Author: By Donald Carswell, | Title: Beating the System | 8/15/1989 | See Source »

...step one in the Civil Rights Movement was to catapult Blacks into powerful public positions, step two must be to realize that in every race there are the unqualified, the unethical, the unworthy...

Author: By Juliette N. Kayyem, | Title: Failing to Scrutinize Black Leaders | 8/15/1989 | See Source »

...Last week Judge James E. Noland announced his decision: the Byzantine religious works that suburban Indianapolis art dealer Peg Goldberg purchased for $1.2 million last year and tried to sell to the Getty Museum in California, are legally the property of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Cyprus and must be returned...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cyprus: Handing Back The Loot | 8/14/1989 | See Source »

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