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Word: shapely (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...dormitories ready for the first joint Harvard-Radcliffe reunion, the custodial departments have been sweeping, scrubbing and mopping the rooms into acceptable shape, as reunion planners prepare to accommodate as many as 800 children of the 635 alumni expected to return for their 25th reunion...

Author: By Colin F. Boyle, | Title: Doing Harvard's Dirty Work | 6/6/1988 | See Source »

...compromise took shape earlier this year, thanks to the EPA's influence. Under a plan agreed to by all parties, Champion would spend $200 million over the next three years on a bleaching process for its wastes. Its goal would be to change the Pigeon's color to the shade of weak iced...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Big Stink on the Pigeon | 6/6/1988 | See Source »

...TAXING WOMAN. An immovable object in the shape of a greedy, tax-resisting real estate magnate meets the irresistible force of a zealous lady tax collector. Japan's Juzo Itami (Tampopo) collects our interest and offers sly dividends...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Critics' Choice: May 30, 1988 | 5/30/1988 | See Source »

...Midshipmen are in tip-top shape. They beat the men's lacrosse team, 10-9, in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. The Middies go on to get crushed by Syracuse, 23-9 in the Carrier Dome...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Agony, Ecstasy and Even a Few Titles | 5/25/1988 | See Source »

...microorganisms, which could mutate far more rapidly and thus evolve faster than higher forms of life. But it was probably not until about 600 million years ago, about the time vertebrates began to emerge, that the modern immune system, with its T cells and B cells, began to take shape. Once in place, these two cell types must have quickly evened the odds, since they have the remarkable ability of producing, respectively, a staggering variety of killer T cells and antibodies capable of attacking any invader...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Stop That Germ! | 5/23/1988 | See Source »

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