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Word: reads (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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However, the warm weather was not affecting some people's studies. "I really don't study that much anyway. I've read 12 pages in the last two hours," laughed Vaishali P. Bakshi '90. She said her goals for the afternoon were simple: "bask...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Warm Sunday Leaves Libraries Empty | 3/9/1987 | See Source »

Even midterms could not deter people from the temptation outdoors. Lamont Library security guard David Chambers said, "We've been very busy as usual but many more people are checking books out to read outside...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Warm Sunday Leaves Libraries Empty | 3/9/1987 | See Source »

...decided to sell arms directly to Iran, a formal presidential finding was necessary. Reagan signed one on Jan. 6, according to the report, but Regan told the board that the President had done so "in error." He signed another one on Jan. 17. Although the President did not read the covering memo explaining why the finding was needed, he does remember making the decision. He wrote in his diary, "I agreed to sell TOWs to Iran...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Tower Panel: Laying Out the Brutal Facts | 3/9/1987 | See Source »

...American citizens," NLT for "no later than." Vowels disappeared from staccato sentences: "We will not be trying to adjust yr sched for next June for this mtg." Oliver North's memos, often typed on his computer late at night and sent directly to his National Security Council superiors, read like the dispatches of a man with no time to waste, a man obsessed, a man slightly out of control...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Oliver North's Blank Check | 3/9/1987 | See Source »

...more of a selfless patriot than an out-of-control cowboy. On the day the Tower report was released, he was asked what he would like people to know about him as they go through the report. A born-again Christian, North replied, "I guess they ought to read the Eighth Beatitude of Matthew 5." That New Testament passage reads: "Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." As Iranscam's investigations continue, however, North is more likely to be prosecuted for recklessness' sake...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Oliver North's Blank Check | 3/9/1987 | See Source »

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