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Word: specialize (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Countryman said the Vietnamese will continue to sabotage any American aid to Cambodia. He added that the Cambodian people--described in the letter as holding "a bitter cup of oppression"--deserve special attention because the "U.S. is primarily responsible for the mess...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Letter Asks Aid to Cambodia | 12/12/1979 | See Source »

Gleason urged all Faculty members to take the course, offering to set up special mini-course sessions for professors...

Author: By Susan C. Faludi and Burton F. Jablin, S | Title: Rosovsky Says National Economic Ills Will Cause Problems for Faculty Budget | 12/12/1979 | See Source »

...something especially out of place in the sort of analytic attention which Maurice Yacowar gives to Woody Allen in his new book, Loser Takes All: The Comic Art of Woody Allen. The cult of Woody Allen would be inexplicable if he didn't touch on some particular mood special to his times--the anxious defeated mood of the likeable losing neurotic. And the extent of his success would suggest that he touches on it rather in kind reassurance than in a searching or nasty spirit...

Author: By Peter Swaab, | Title: Academia Meets The Loser | 12/11/1979 | See Source »

Referees: Watching the officiating at a women's ice hockey game can be frustrating. Very frustrating. Because the special checking regulations change the flavor of the game, referees who are new to women's ice hockey often receive an unusually high number of catcalls from knowledgeable fans...

Author: By Nancy F. Bauer, | Title: Get Out Your Bluebooks | 12/11/1979 | See Source »

...sentences are lifelike, and the pitch of the voice rises and falls in a normal way. Two wrong attempts bring the correct spelling, spoken aloud, and a new word to try. After ten words, another little tune plays, and the machine gives the speller's score, with special congratulations if all ten have been spelled correctly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Those Beeping, Thinking Toys | 12/10/1979 | See Source »

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