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Word: quicked (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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With his impish smile and baby face, Brown, 47, hardly looks like an agent of historic change. He has an outsize mustache, a quick wit and an ability to energize any room he enters, traits that conjure up comparisons with Jackson. But his hands are those of a polished Washington lobbyist: when he speaks, his left hand rests casually in his pocket while his right hand ticks off the logical points he wants to make; when he listens, his palms press together as he taps his fingers thoughtfully. At a lectern, he talks rather than preaches. On a couch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Running As His Own Man: RONALD BROWN | 1/30/1989 | See Source »

Harvard looks sloppy and the Catamounts are quick. But senior defenseman Kevan Melrose is an unlikely hero with a third-period game-winning goal...

Author: By Jennifer M. Frey, | Title: In 1988-89 Icemen Are 15-0 | 1/25/1989 | See Source »

...also quick to lash out as the debate grew fiercer, and, when accused of "sliming" a speaker with his criticism, responded, "I don't know what 'slime,' means--I didn't go to college...

Author: By Matthew M. Hoffman, THE CRIMSON STAFF | Title: Textbooks & Lizards' Tongues: Monday Night With Al Vellucci | 1/25/1989 | See Source »

...sells 1 million written honesty tests a year, admits that his questionnaires are only 88% reliable. Employers should use a written test only to supplement interviews and background checks, Walls points out. Critics of the tests contend that many managers are lazy when it comes to hiring. "They want quick answers to the question 'Will a person be honest?' " explains Jon Bauer, a law professor at the University of Connecticut. "Honesty tests have the look and feel of something scientific...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Honestly, Can We Trust You? Employers seek an integrity test | 1/23/1989 | See Source »

...brightest pups out of coaching legend Paul Brown, San Francisco' s Bill Walsh and Cincinnati' s Sam Wyche, promise that rarity, a Super Bowl with imagination. Wyche' s quick- snap offense has strained the very laws of pro football. San Francisco rides with the game' s premier quarterback, Joe Montana, who is heading into his third Super Sunday...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Contents Page Vol. 133 No 4 JANUARY 23, 1989 | 1/23/1989 | See Source »

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