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Word: reveal (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...surface, it may look as if the Admissions Office sets a quota on the number of Asian-Americans annually admitted to the College. After all, statistics reveal that during the last 10 years. Asian Americans have typically scored 20 points or more than other applicant groups on SATs and other standardized tests. Studies also show that the number of college-age Asian-American applicants has increased every year during the last decade. With an expanding pool of highly qualified candidates, the number of Asian-Americans accepted should show a parallel rise. And yet, the percentage of Asian-Americans at Harvard...

Author: By William Pao, | Title: Process Puts Emphasis on Individuals, Not Groups | 2/11/1988 | See Source »

...McGeorge Bundy, Theodore Sorenson, and Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., have spread the view that Kennedy's skillful use of flexible response--meeting Soviet moves with an equal amount of force--and the American superiority in conventional strength allowed the United States to prevail. But the transcripts of October 27, 1962 reveal a different picture...

Author: By John C. Yoo, | Title: Cameloss of Courage | 2/9/1988 | See Source »

...roots seeks nourishment from the earth. True, they are not exact replicas of woodland plants, but neither are they prettified curios. Each spiderwort, evening primrose or wood lily is a stylized representation of growth and decay. The complexity of the design, Stankard says, must not be obvious. "It must reveal itself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In New Jersey: Capturing Nature in Glass | 2/8/1988 | See Source »

...house does a big wedding business. In fact, Lacroix's first garment under his own logo was for the marriage of Pia de Brantes, a well-connected Paris publicist. What she got was a bright pink snap-together gown: the skirt and sleeves came off after the solemnities to reveal a hot little disco number...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Voila! It's Fun a Lacroix | 2/8/1988 | See Source »

...Australian provinces as another sort of fringe musician, backup singer for an Elvis imitator. She too drinks, and though she will indulge in desultory sex, it is not a high priority with her. Most important, she too is presented with a last chance to turn her life around -- to reveal her identity and reclaim her long-abandoned daughter Ally (the soberly lovely Claudia Karvan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Last Chance for Lost Lives | 2/1/1988 | See Source »

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