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Word: obvious (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...these victims finds JeanAnne Lori's diary which describes her feelings as she progresses into the final throes of her diet. The story ends with the boy giving a chubby little girl some money to buy ice cream. It's all rather obvious and impossible and not very poignant...

Author: By Lyn F. Di lorio, | Title: An American Genre | 10/15/1986 | See Source »

...know how he felt. When the invitation to the ball came last summer, I snorted a contemputous snort and tossed it. But when it became obvious that everyone and his accountant was going to be underneath that big yellow tent on Saturday night, I knew I had to go. Despite pulling every string God gave me, I still couldn't buy a pair of tickets until Thursday. A good friend of mine made two dozen photocopies of the ball tickets and handed them out free to whoever wanted them as "a political statement against elitism," but I heard about...

Author: By Cyrus M. Sanai, | Title: Dazed and Confused | 10/14/1986 | See Source »

...ANSWER should be obvious. Allowing the state an interest in a woman's conduct during pregnancy means giving it an interest in how she treats her own body, and that is an unacceptable intrusion into her privacy, an egregious violation of her person...

Author: By John Ross, | Title: Pregnancy and Privacy | 10/14/1986 | See Source »

...handful of Senators on the floor shouted through a resolution pledging to find the money later. Appropriations Committee Chairman Mark Hatfield, who was behind the maneuver, was not proud of it. "It's a gimmick," he admitted afterward. "All we're doing is Band-Aiding ourselves over the obvious obstacle of the election...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Government By Gimmick | 10/13/1986 | See Source »

Each company fills out a fact sheet about positions or training programs, location of employment, and required concentrations. Those are kept in a binder in the recruiting room. It may seem obvious, but you should have a basic knowledge of what your job involves. If you're interviewing with an investment banking firm, know what an investment analyst does and how she contributes to the company. You should also know such basic information about a company as: what its products are, where its offices are located, what subsidaries it has, what its growth has been, and how it views...

Author: By John Noble, | Title: Getting It Together for that Interview | 10/10/1986 | See Source »

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