Word: short
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...psychological theory, however, failed for the simple reason that now all students equate those blue books with exams, and exams with frustration, anxiety and fear. Those ugly, lined, short pages loosely pressed together with weak staples in that putrid blue color remind us all of what we want to forget--exams...
...doubles action, Jacki Farrell and Jennifer Minkus downed their opponents to give Harvard its only other victory against UCLA. The other two doubles matches went three sets, but the Crimson came up short to the Bruins in both matches...
Since his election, Cristiani has assiduously subscribed to a program of moderation, including immediate negotiations with the revolutionary guerrillas, a goal that the U.S. also now supports. "Why wait?" he asks. His yearlong campaign, however, was short on specifics. He ran instead under the appealingly vague slogan "The Change We All Want." Says Cristiani to the U.S.: "All we ask is, Judge us from our track record, not by perceptions...
...that he could not catch up. "He was hoping against hope," says Jack Carmichael, who heads the school's social sciences program. "Goddam, he deserved it. He wanted to have the initiative to make up the deficiency, but I'm not sure he could ever have made it up, short of taking three years and going back to high school...
Some analysts detected a trend that could influence next year's regional and national elections. Said Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann, head of the Allensbach public opinion institute: "This weakening of the big center parties and the strengthening of the fringes is not a short-term phenomenon. This trend will continue...