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Word: offs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Waugh's first wife ran off with a future baronet, and betrayal by women is recurrent in much of his fiction. The ladies are usually charming and never malicious but they are prime examples in Waugh' natural history of thoughtlessness. Thei egoism, stupidity, conceit and self-regard become...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Fifty Years of Total Waugh | 2/12/1979 | See Source »

There are those, of course, who would like to see slogan eering die off entirely. Precisely because the art appeals to emotion, some idealists and intellectual purists disdain it in favor of cool, rational discourse. This crowd is clearly trying to swim against a very strong human current. Moreover, they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: Slogan Power! Slogan Power! | 2/12/1979 | See Source »

He adds that "you can see racism all over the county; most blacks just know which restaurants and places to avoid. Cross-burning and name-callings are typical. There's no way that boy (Johnson) could ever get off, but even if he did, he would never survive in this...

Author: By Lisa A. Newman, | Title: A Maryland County Goes on Trial | 2/12/1979 | See Source »

At 9:15 p.m. B.U. faces off against B.C. for the Beanpot and the championship of Commonwealth Ave.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BEANPOT TONIGHT | 2/12/1979 | See Source »

The library staff placed a notice in the Law School's weekly newsletter appealing to all students to "cooperate" in putting a stop to the trend. "We've seen this kind of thing before, but we want to head it off before it becomes a big problem," Berring said.

Author: By Suzanne R. Spring, | Title: Book Vandals Hit Law School Library | 2/12/1979 | See Source »

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