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Word: point (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...They ran outside a little bit to start the game, but I think that was a diversionary tactic because they came right back to running from tackle to tackle, which is what they do best," Sabetti said. "They didn't show us anything we didn't expect. From my point of view it wasn't the coaches fault...

Author: By David A. Wilson, | Title: Defense's Doomsday | 10/22/1979 | See Source »

...COUNCIL, however, seems determined to keep the program small and firmly in its control. CUE member Henderson argues that the University considers the program an extra goodie to list in the college catalogue, "something else they can point to and say, 'Look what we have,'" without expending much energy. Henderson is probably right. But what is even more irksome is the assumption the Council makes that Harvard students will immediately flock to third-string foreign schools if given the chance; therefore, the study abroad experiences must be suspiciously monitored to maintain "quality control." Davis, for instance, recommended in his memo...

Author: By Susan C. Faludi, | Title: Forestalling the Exodus | 10/22/1979 | See Source »

...lived I had no knowledge of, a day of other appalling things, violence, disasters, urgencies, deprivations which suddenly would become, was nothing but what it had led up to: the man among them beating their donkey. I could have put a stop to it, the misery; at that point I witnessed. What more...

Author: By Susan D. Chira, | Title: Marching Away from Pretoria | 10/20/1979 | See Source »

...there are two ways travel books can succeed: if the travels are boring, the traveler can still intrigue. Theroux does not, and there lies the problem with this book. In this travelogue of narrative and commentary, Theroux lacks a point of view--he is reflective to no purpose. The book is scenery without sentiment, and in the and we remember poverty, not personalities...

Author: By Michael Stein, | Title: Take the A Train | 10/20/1979 | See Source »

...world view crystallized long ago into patterns of Cold War confrontation. But one cannot gauge Helms the individual from The Man Who Kept the Secrets. Touching only briefly on Helms' personal life, Powers attempts to tell the secret history of the CIA by using his career as a reference point; since Powers portrays Helms only in his Langley office persona, he appears for the most part as just a particularly durable background actor in a play where the cast changes with every act. Aside from a stubborn devotion to career and crustified politics. Helms' colorlessness is his most distinguishing characteristic...

Author: By James G. Hershberg, | Title: The Company He Kept | 10/20/1979 | See Source »

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