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Word: objects (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...argued, is common sense. A person with a basic understanding of what the words freedom and slavery actually mean must reject a sentence that equates them. He wrote: "In prose, the worst thing one can do with words is to surrender to them. When you think of a concrete object, you think wordlessly, and then, if you want to describe the thing you have been visualizing you probably hunt about till you find the exact words that seem to fit." The alternative method promises treachery: "When you think of something abstract you are more inclined to use words from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: That Year Is Almost Here | 11/28/1983 | See Source »

...object to my own Carmen being emphasized...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: In Search of the Essence | 11/28/1983 | See Source »

...fire for a moment as Greg Gizzi found Robert Santiago on the Yale six-yard line late in the third period. On the first play of the fourth quarter. Steve Ernst barreled around left end; as was an irresistable force and the Yale defense something less than an immovable object. Soon I was breathing easier, not particularly concerned by Rob Steinberg's trial-and-error place kicking...

Author: By Jim Silver, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: 36 Courses But No Pass Protection | 11/21/1983 | See Source »

...minus-five seconds, the crowds pressing behind us became too much to bear, and we surged towards the object of our frenzied lust...

Author: By Michael W. Hirschorn, | Title: Red on Crimson | 11/21/1983 | See Source »

...assertiveness necessary for them to make sensible decisions in a world that is free, but also harsh, hazardous, and confusing. Had Stratten recognized herself from the start as an individual with rights--despite her sex-kitten looks--she would have viewed herself as a corporation, instead of as an object of Snider's genuine affection. Indeed, a growing number of models and actresses (such as covergirl Carol Alt, who was even younger than Stratten when she began making astute financial and professional decisions) are taking charge of their careers in such a realistic manner. And there is a growing...

Author: By Margaret Y. Han, | Title: Exploiting the Exploiters | 11/19/1983 | See Source »

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