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Word: pointedly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Self-assured almost to the point of brashness, Pollack is something more--rare. Most of Harvard's student-athletes do not apply early...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Profiles of Prospective Freshmen: Seeing Diversity in Early `Action' | 2/24/1989 | See Source »

...succeed in their efforts when the crusades they support are in line with popular opinion. The role that talk radio played in stuffing Congress' raise and in repealing the state seat belt law through a referendum are good examples of this. But when a host simply belabors some quirky point or another, the callers do not respond, and the issue is quickly dropped...

Author: By Seth A. Gitell, | Title: Talking About Talk Radio | 2/23/1989 | See Source »

...problem with respect to lifting mandatory retirement is that the longer the annuity is there, the greater the sum will be, so at some point not too soon after age 70, the pension will be greater than income," says Joan Bruce, the University benefits director...

Author: By Melissa R. Hart, | Title: Too Many or Too Few Professors in the '90s? | 2/23/1989 | See Source »

...character of Saturday Night Live's "Pump you up" boys, Hanz and Franz. She has the voice and the lines for the job: "I tell you now and you remember later, but believe me now." Zlupko's stage presence and oafish dancing perfectly suit Tess, who is at one point aptly called "Zuberwench...

Author: By Laurie M. Grossman, | Title: Hasty Pudding Theatricals: Puttin' on the Blitz | 2/22/1989 | See Source »

Several members of the team either were out due to illness and/or injury, or were recovering from earlier physical problems. Consistent point-getters Brian Cann, Gino Patrizio, John Mee and John Shaw could not compete...

Author: By Angela M. Payne, | Title: M. Thinclads Place 3rd Behind Princeton, Yale | 2/21/1989 | See Source »

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