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Word: retainers (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...explanation for Kennedy's Lampoon membership may lie in his long-felt need not to take himself too seriously. According to his mother, Kennedy has always handled burdens of work and stress by having a "good sense of humor." Kennedy himself insists he wants to retain a strong "sense of self-irony," as he puts...

Author: By John A. Cloud, | Title: From 'Poon to Perspective, The Two Sides of a Paradox | 6/10/1993 | See Source »

Kennedy wants to retain a sense of self-irony, but sometimes he can only muster self-contradiction...

Author: By John A. Cloud, | Title: From 'Poon to Perspective, The Two Sides of a Paradox | 6/10/1993 | See Source »

...ordered choice system was the result of a brokered compromise among some students who wanted to retain ordered choice in the computerized assignment procedure and many house masters who insisted on fully random housing allotments...

Author: By Steven A. Engel, | Title: Non-Ordered Choice Confirmed, Promotes More Diverse Houses | 6/10/1993 | See Source »

...Harvard fails to retain students who have been accepted, since it does not pay for air tickets and roll out the red carpet for prospective Black students...

Author: By Melissa Lee, | Title: RECRUITING WARS | 6/10/1993 | See Source »

...president has made efforts to retain experienced hands like McArthur and Vice President for Alumni Affairs and Development Fred L. Glimp '50, a consummate University insider who has worked in some capacity for every Harvard president since James Bryant Conant...

Author: By Stephen E. Frank, | Title: Rudenstine Balances Experience, New Blood | 6/10/1993 | See Source »

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