Word: seemly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...very sensible one it is--working out some system of fooling the grader, although I think I should prefer the word "impressing." We admit to being impressionable, but not to being hyper-credulous simps. His first two tactics for system beating, his Vague Gerneralities and Artful Equivocations, seem to presume the latter, and are only going to convince Crimson-reading graders (there are a few and we tell our friends) that the time has come to tighten the screws just a bit more...
...folks at Cliffs Notes can't seem to take a joke. Last week the purveyor of the plot summaries so dear to lazy students won a court battle to prevent Doubleday from distributing Spy Notes, a Spy magazine parody...
...scene mirrors the sitcom segment that earned Castillo his few minutes of fame, and adds poignancy to what came before and after those golden moments on national TV. Castillo's flamboyant plumage and mating behaviors seem dated and may not appeal to readers who now find machismo to be a dirty word. Hijuelos deflects this prejudice with sensitivity and a charged style that elevates stereotype into character. His hero may have urgent appetites and simple tastes, but he gives as much pleasure as he receives. In addition, his story strikes resonant chords when told against the rich cultural fusion...
...what is a woman to do? In an editorial published along with the Swedish study in the New England Journal, Dr. Elizabeth Barrett-Connor of the University of California, San Diego, argues that the "benefits of estrogen seem strongly established. In my opinion, the data are not conclusive enough to warrant any immediate change in the way we approach hormone replacement." Dr. I. Craig Henderson of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston notes that estradiol, the estrogen implicated in the Swedish report, is not the same as the estrogens most commonly used in the U.S. "While women should...
With the backing of the Establishment and a $150,000 war chest that is ten times the size of the opposition's, Strauss's forces seem likely to win. If not, she warns, Dallas could be in for a period of uncertainty that it cannot afford. The city is confronted with a shrinking tax base and a looming budget shortfall. "There's a need for change to ensure fair government," says Strauss. "If we don't do this, there's a pretty good chance the courts will do it for us." In fact, a federal trial set for September seems...