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Word: nicely (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Usage:

...please" or "enough already," but I don't because then we'd just end up in another annoying discussion about what in my psychosexual mindset has caused me to be offended and then offensive and...well, you get the idea. There's just no nice way out of a pretentious discussion...

Author: By Elizabeth L. Wurtzel, | Title: A Remedy for the Harvard Sickness | 3/24/1989 | See Source »

...think it's a nice opener for us," Kleinfelder said. "We should have just been more poised on attack. We're going to have to do that against Princeton...

Author: By Sandra Block, | Title: Laxwomen Post Victory, Trounce Quakers, 5-1 | 3/20/1989 | See Source »

...didn't react well to their press--we made mental mistakes on transition," Miller said. "We made some nice plays on defense, then we turned it right over. It was kind of demoralizing...

Author: By Michael R. Grunwald, | Title: Shootout: Big Red Edges Laxmen, 10-8 | 3/20/1989 | See Source »

Some politicians and parents see choice as a panacea for the ills of public education, but most educators view it as only one of many necessary tools. "Choice is a nice initiative, but it's not the answer," says California's superintendent of public instruction, Bill Honig. "It's the day-to-day support for reform that is important to improving education." And improving education, as President Bush well knows, will cost money...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: The Fight over School Choice | 3/13/1989 | See Source »

Washington was built on a river of "ardent spirits," a nice term used long ago for the hard stuff. Laborers on public buildings got larger whiskey rations the higher up they worked, a dubious formula. But the buildings did get finished. Dolley Madison brought this "saloon culture" into the White House, getting the political leaders out of the bars and into more graceful surroundings. The drinks came on silver trays. James Madison cut some good deals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: Dead Soldiers Along the Potomac | 3/13/1989 | See Source »

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