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Word: okaying (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...That's okay. Milt (Holt) got the award, and he played a fantastic game. I got a real feeling of accomplishment out of scoring two touchdowns, so I'm satisfied. Milt deserves...

Author: By Steven M. Heller, | Title: Peter Curtin: Does 'Yeats' Rhyme With 'Cleats'? | 11/13/1974 | See Source »

...Crimson stickwomen will meet Dartmouth at Dartmouth this Saturday. The Big Green will "definitely be hard to beat," O'Connor said. "If we can just hold team, we'll be okay...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Wheaton Trips 'Cliffe Stickwomen, 3-2 | 10/25/1974 | See Source »

...this isn't necessarily bad. We've come to expect a reasonable share of obscurity and allusiveness from the Modern Novel, and if Nabokov prefers to allude only to his own work, okay. The first sign that all is not well between Nabokov and the reader is the compulsive desire to anagram every unfamiliar name (or else run to a Russian dictionary) so as not to miss some crucial symbolic connection. Next comes the realization that there isn't really all that much there to miss...

Author: By James Gleick, | Title: For Little Nabokovs | 10/22/1974 | See Source »

...other Ford appointments to ask how he should reply to any press questions about Mrs. Dean's statement. Believing that it involved a pardon request, Ford replied quickly: "Just say it's under consideration." Another aide suggested that this implied positive action, and Ford, again replying too quickly, added: "Okay, say 'under study,' and don't say any more." Hushen followed those instructions literally, and thus the initial misunderstanding arose. That does not, however, explain why it was not more quickly cleared...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ADMINISTRATION: The Fallout from Ford's Rush to Pardon | 9/23/1974 | See Source »

...behind its goals on assistant and associate deans as well, although academic Faculty appointments are about even with the affirmative action plan's modest goals. "If we don't meet the goals, we try to find out why," Leonard says. "If it turns out that we followed the procedures, okay. If we fell short because of recalcitrance about the plan, we send back appointments...

Author: By Geoffrey D. Garin and Nicholas Lemann, S | Title: Learning To Live With Hiring Reforms | 9/16/1974 | See Source »

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