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Word: stand (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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While most Harvard students organize study breaks, SONG members will organize party breaks and studyathon parties during reading period. BYOB will stand for Bring Your Own Books, according to group members...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Nerd Club Debuts at Harvard | 10/17/1989 | See Source »

...society's long-term social calendar already includes movie showings of Real Genius, Stand and Deliver and, of course, Revenge of the Nerds. Plans for an all-geek dance where only non-dance music will be played are also in the works...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Nerd Club Debuts at Harvard | 10/17/1989 | See Source »

...group member even suggested that the new organization stage a weekly demonstration at Widener or the Science Center, when all group members would stand quietly and simply raise their hands...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Nerd Club Debuts at Harvard | 10/17/1989 | See Source »

...What's happening is that the Independents are discovering that they just can't stand up in front of the voters and defend their issues," Cyr said...

Author: By Matthew M. Hoffman, | Title: Walsh Turns Down Debate Offer | 10/17/1989 | See Source »

...more than two years, the U.S. Government has encouraged the Panamanian military to overthrow its corrupt commander and turn him over to American authorities to stand trial on drug charges. Last week, after a group of rebellious officers actually had Noriega under their guns, debate raged in Washington about whether the characteristically cautious Bush Administration could have -- and should have -- done more to help the coup's leaders. Senators, senior officials and military officers alike wondered: Had the U.S. fumbled its best opportunity to seize Noriega? Or had it sidestepped a diplomatically dangerous and probably ineffective intervention...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Yanquis Stayed Home | 10/16/1989 | See Source »

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