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Word: sit (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...last Corporation member never to sit on a board with women, Heiskell might well have underestimated the impact of Judith Richards Hope, named yesterday to the seven-member Corporation, will have on North America's oldest self-perpetuating board...

Author: By Jonathan S. Cohn, | Title: Hope is a Groundbreaker, Not Necessarily a Progressive | 2/7/1989 | See Source »

...still do. I didn't think I'd have a problem with interviews because I had hosted the Tonight show, and there, if you just sit and follow the notes that the staff has prepared for you, you can do a pretty good interview. But for some reason, on this show I had a lot of trouble. I think I just was frightened that suddenly I had to perform as the host of my own show. I was intimidated by guests. So it took a while to overcome that. I remember at one point having a major shift of attitude...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Interview :David Letterman He's No Johnny Carson | 2/6/1989 | See Source »

...Toole, director Lean was an inspiring teacher. "David doesn't play God," he says, "or if he does, he shares his godship. There wasn't a setup that he didn't invite me to look at through the camera. When he was editing, I'd sit on the cutting-room floor, watching." And at the end of the adventure, "we were shooting the last scene, and I was sitting in the jeep with my feet in a bucket of ice because it was so hot. David just shot it and shot it and shot it. He was amazingly reluctant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Peter O'Toole's Yardstick | 2/6/1989 | See Source »

...Wednesday night in Chelsea, two Harvard students sit in a classroom together with two women. They are reading stories together, surrounded by blackboards, maps and textbooks...

Author: By Robert J. Weiner, | Title: Boston Program Offers English as a Second Chance | 2/4/1989 | See Source »

...program brought me out of my shell," says Rita Urban, a mother of six. "Before this I was a sit-at-home housewife with an eighth grade education. It's great to be able to get a break and meet other people. When you're stuck in the house, your friends all seem to be gone...

Author: By Robert J. Weiner, | Title: Boston Program Offers English as a Second Chance | 2/4/1989 | See Source »

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