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Word: seemly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...state's credit rating is on par with Mississippi's. Spending is being slashed, and Dukakis just signed the largest tax hike in years into law. Suddenly, the great Massachusetts miracle doesn't seem so miraculous...

Author: By Joseph R. Palmore, | Title: Does Anyone in Massachusetts Feel Sorry for the Duke? | 8/4/1989 | See Source »

After videotapes purported to show the hanging of an American Marine, Bush called on the "release of all the remaining hostages" and made preparations for "prudent steps." Strong words, these are not. And stronger actions do not seem to be forthcoming...

Author: By Michael Stankiewicz, | Title: Tales of a Wimp President | 8/4/1989 | See Source »

...skills that contribute materially to patient care. "My feeling was that if you're a decent physician giving decent service, that's really all you should have to do," says Florida ophthalmologist Robert Rogers, who has hired a business consultant to help manage his practice. "But patients don't seem to want that. They like the flashy stuff. They like to see your name in print. They like to see you lecturing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Sick and Tired | 7/31/1989 | See Source »

...both sides seem prepared to make the schools a political issue again. HAMAS, an Islamic resistance group, last week called for a general strike in the West Bank that for a time seemed to threaten the reopening of some schools. Still, human-rights advocates were cautiously optimistic that Israel's move would presage a softening of its attitude toward Palestinian education. "We are delighted," says William Lee, a spokesman for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, which cares for Palestinian refugees. "Our main problem now is to make up for lost time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: The Plight of Palestinian Schools | 7/31/1989 | See Source »

...days in mining the movie tradition of sophisticated comedy-drama that stretches from Midnight to Manhattan and Broadcast News. Before sex, lies earned raves at the U.S. Film Festival in Park City, Utah, and then won the top prize at Cannes, Soderbergh was apprehensive. "I thought the film would seem too European for an American audience," he says, "and too dialogue heavy to translate in Europe. I figured ten people would go see it four times, and that would be that." Reiner, a man Ephron describes as being "very fond of his depressions," dared to commit some small optimism...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: When Humor Meets Heartbreak | 7/31/1989 | See Source »

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