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Word: quests (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...school and medical school interviews. After that it goes back in the drawer." All perfectly fitting, suggests Harvard's John Finley, Eliot Professor of Greek Literature Emeritus. The key is not for success, he says. "It is for vision, the The founder, John Heath quest for understanding...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Two Centuries of Elitism | 12/28/1981 | See Source »

...wrestlers of the whole tournament, dominated Hofstra's Mike Arena, 7-1, in the final of the 134-lb. Weight class. McNerney is rapidly proving that he is one of the top wrestlers in his weight class in the East and will play an instrumental role in Harvard's quest for the Ivy title. Phills achieved his usual impressive performance, handily defeating Tim Connors, 8-2, in the finals of the heavyweight class...

Author: By G. ROBERT Straus, | Title: Wrestlers Nab Third Place At Coast Guard | 12/7/1981 | See Source »

...something has changed. This puckish little figure, this professorial imp with the loony grin, does not sound angry. He is not wailing about the wickedness of his time. He is mocking the past-mocking the angry radicals, mocking the dreamers, mocking the quest for visions. The audience is laughing with him. They are howling, but in pleasure rather than anger, as he thrusts an arm up for each of the jokes. They hear satire, not nobly expended pain, in these lines: ". . . who vanished into nowhere Zen New Jersey leaving a trail of ambiguous picture postcards of Atlantic City Hall...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In New York: Howl Becomes a Hoot | 12/7/1981 | See Source »

...makes it seem remarkable that he ever got out of the B-movie drive-ins at all. The list is impressive: Jack has not only acted in bombs, but written, produced, and directed them as well. Just what drugs were involved is a bit hazy, but his violently energetic quest for personal morality, both on-screen and off, has no doubt been aided by some hallucinogens (Time reported he smoked pot every day for 15 years

Author: By David M. Handelman, | Title: All Work and No Play Make Jack a Dull Boy | 11/12/1981 | See Source »

...Blue Angel nightclub in New York and played clubs and talk shows from coast to coast for a few years. He cut four albums, which eventually sold a total of 1.5 million copies. In 1960, at the height of his fame, he stopped performing regularly to continue his quest for the elusive Ph.D...

Author: By --jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: Tom Lehrer | 11/9/1981 | See Source »

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