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Word: spiriting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Although Chao and Lai did not win the co-presidency, their proposals give a taste of the spirit which drives many of our minority organizations. While minority groups at other colleges collectively and effectively combat racism and insensitivity, Harvard's minority groups are busy match-making and planning long nights of Pictionary...

Author: By Albert Y. Hsia, | Title: Minority Group Self-Segregation | 3/9/1989 | See Source »

They are easy on the ears, a test for the fingers and a balm for the spirit. With a little imagination and manual dexterity, electronic keyboards can make otherwise struggling players feel like pros. Not like Horowitz, exactly; more like Flash Gordon auditioning for a garage combo, or one of those zoological enigmas who made spacey sounds in the Star Wars saloon. Keyboards can reproduce instrument sounds, even sample sound effects (from a rain forest to a barking dog), and turn any tin ear into a one-man band...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Keys to The Kingdom | 3/6/1989 | See Source »

Morrissey and Reynolds have earned the respect of both their Crimson teammates and Coach Steve Piltch. Junior Jenny Holleran, the third captain, credits the two with building a team spirit among the women's squash players...

Author: By Rebecca D. Knowles, | Title: Companions, Teammates and Competitors | 3/2/1989 | See Source »

...itself, scored no goals and nearly gave Cleary a heart attack; 4) In the final, taking a 3-1 lead into the second period, Harvard allowed three Boston University goals in a minute-and-a-half, fell behind 4-3 and won only because of its fantastic talent, fighting spirit and what must have been a sense that if, "We don't do it this year we may never do it again...

Author: By John C. Cort, | Title: Hockey Schedule Hinders Crimson | 2/28/1989 | See Source »

...resentment inevitably turned to anger, and last week Winnie Mandela was publicly read out of the antiapartheid movement. At a press conference in Johannesburg, the two largest black antigovernment organizations, the Congress of South African Trade Unions and the banned United Democratic Front, charged that she had "violated the spirit and ethos of the democratic movement" and called on the black community to "distance" itself from her. Though less critical, the exiled leadership of the African National Congress (A.N.C.) in Lusaka said Mandela had made mistakes. Murphy Morobe, a U.D.F. spokesman, said the organizations were particularly outraged "by the reign...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Africa Decline and Fall of a Heroine | 2/27/1989 | See Source »

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