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Word: roberte (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...played in the prestigious Wheelchair Classic Tournament with such freshman standouts as St. Johns' recruits Malik Sealy and Robert Werdann and Georgia Tech's Kenny Anderson...

Author: By Tai Wong, | Title: High Expectations Fulfilled | 12/15/1988 | See Source »

Analysts agree that leveraged buyouts serve no one but the dealmakers. Professor Robert Reich at the Kennedy School has said of the RJR takeover that it "clearly exposes the greed and rapaciousness of so many of these takeovers." As the University is run more and more like a corporation, it seems to be losing--no matter how much its administrators protest--its moral purpose, so that the only standards in visible practice are those dictated by the University's own greed...

Author: By John J. Murphy, | Title: Money the New-Fashioned Way | 12/15/1988 | See Source »

McGrath has served as acting superintendent since former superintendent Robert Peterkin resigned July 1 to direct the Milwaukee, Wisc. school system...

Author: By Kirsten L. Parkinson, | Title: McGrath Favored for Superintendent? | 12/13/1988 | See Source »

...first year she could bend her knees) and Barbie the astronaut. She apparently was completing medical school at the time, since this year she emerged as Dr. Barbie. "The toys that become classics are those that help children define themselves as they grow," says Mattel USA president Robert Sansone. "Barbie is a vehicle for rehearsing what little girls will do in later life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: What Do You Want from Santa? | 12/12/1988 | See Source »

...some relaxation of standards appears to be taking place, partly in response to competition from cable, where explicit material is commonplace. "The networks have seen their share of the audience erode, and I think there is a tacit approval to go a little further," says Robert Singer, an executive producer of the new NBC series Midnight Caller. Network viewers today can see a sliver more nudity than they once could (though only from the rear), hear a few more dirty words (though usually later in the evening), and see bullets actually hitting bodies -- all scenes that once were forbidden...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: Where Are the Censors? | 12/12/1988 | See Source »

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