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Word: nearing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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There were two Harvard police officers and four Quincy House tutors at the dance at all times, said Mary Black, assistant senior tutor at Quincy House. The tutors and officers stayed near the entrance most of the evening and occasionally walked through the dining hall, where the dance took place...

Author: By Carolyn J. Sporn, | Title: Jacket Thefts Plague WHRB-Sponsored Party | 11/21/1988 | See Source »

Second, raise my mother's taxes. My dad paid into Social Security for decades while he was alive, but nowhere near enough, even assuming it had been invested wisely, to throw off the kind of Social Security benefits my mother will receive over her lifetime. (We forget that as recently as 1977 the maximum contribution was only about $1,000 a year. Throughout the 1950s and '60s, it ranged from $45 to $374.) If Social Security were all she had to live on, it would be unthinkable to ask her to take less. But because she has income above...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Modest Proposal | 11/21/1988 | See Source »

Mills, who also assisted a Nick D'Onofrio tally at 88:02 to send the game into overtime, ran on the ball near the right post and crossed it into the left corner of the net to seal the Crimson victory. Senior midfielder Ramy Rajballie earned an assist on the play...

Author: By Jennifer M. Frey, | Title: Mills' OT Goal Nails Yale, 4-3 | 11/19/1988 | See Source »

...that the Israeli election has been held and local voters have returned our staunchly pro-Israel delegation to Congress, it should be obvious just how insignificant Tuesday's vote on Question 5 is from the standpoint of what will actually happen between Israel and the Palestinians in the near future...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Question 5 | 11/19/1988 | See Source »

Other students have launched preliminary study abroad efforts only to abandon them when the hassles became too great. Those who do end up travelling only succeed after a near-Herculean individual effort. There even seems to be a pervasive myth that study abroad projects cannot count for credit at all. This attitude influences freshmen and sophomores, who do not even explore what could be a rewarding experience...

Author: By Jeffrey A. Doctoroff, | Title: Stay At Home Curriculum | 11/19/1988 | See Source »

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