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Word: standing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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DESPITE this, the appointment of a woman is a step in the right direction. Hope may still have a larger impact on the University than most observers predict. Because she has not officially taken a stand on the issues facing the University, perhaps she will be open to varying points of view, and will be able to bring different views before the Corporation...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Long Time Coming | 2/15/1989 | See Source »

...turned out, Quayle performed better than even he might have expected. He committed some small gaffes: tempting fate by tasting tropical fruit at a Caracas fruit stand and rapping former President Jimmy Carter for "complicating matters" by discussing Central American peace plans with Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega. Quayle said he did not talk with his boss during the trip and noted that the President was suffering from laryngitis. He then took an unintentional swipe at Ronald Reagan by adding that the former President sometimes used a sore throat as an excuse for canceling press conferences...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dan Quayle's Diplomatic Debut | 2/13/1989 | See Source »

...this sounds plausible to you, you're going to love True Believer. You'll probably even like the end of the movie, when Dodd does his best Perry Mason impression, getting the guilty man up on the stand and (suprise!) forcing him to break down and confess...

Author: By David L. Greene, | Title: Not Just a 9-to-5 Job | 2/10/1989 | See Source »

...question of whether Hillel should have been involved in Visions '89 boils down to this: Is it appropriate for Hillel to stand with other minority groups demanding inclusion, when, in large part, Jews are already included...

Author: By Joshua M. Sharfstein, | Title: A New Jewish Vision | 2/9/1989 | See Source »

Cambridge created the post of city manager in its current form in 1965. But Councillor Francis H. Duehay '55 says it was not until Healy's predecessor James L. Sullivan assumed the post in 1977 that the office assumed its pro-development stand...

Author: By Matthew M. Hoffman, | Title: Robert Healy and the Role of City Manager | 2/9/1989 | See Source »

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