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Word: superiors (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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HANOVER, N.H.--The curse of 1979--dormant through Harvard's opening four victories this year and abetted by a fired-up and superior Dartmouth team--returned to bedevil the Crimson Saturday afternoon...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Gridders Fall Back to Pack at Dartmouth, 30-12 | 10/20/1980 | See Source »

There are men who argue that sexual favors are a distinct and unfair advantage for women in corporate competition. Yet when sex enters business decisions, it far more frequently works against the woman who is harassed by a superior and forced to compromise herself or lose out in the promotional game. And, as Ellen Goodman points out in the Boston Globe, if women actually had this unfair advantage and used it, far more would have reached top corporate positions...

Author: By Linda S. Drucker, | Title: Women in Charge | 10/20/1980 | See Source »

...craftsmanship were the LP's only virtue, it would be a superior record. But Simon has too much poetry in him to let arranging skill carry his songs alone. Offbeat, ambiguous images pop up in "That's Why God Made the Movies," "Oh, Marion" and "God Bless the Absentee," adding color to the vaguely melancholy feel of the verses. Simon has his occasional missteps--"How the Heart Approaches What It Yearns" is an awkward hook line no matter how cleverly it scans. But the album is more than redeemed by compelling lines like "Who was the witness to the dream/Who...

Author: By Barry Alfonso, | Title: ONDISC | 10/16/1980 | See Source »

Fans agree that the quality of import pressings and the total packaging are superior to the domestic editions. Import singles frequently contain songs that never appear on an album and the LPs often feature different tracks. American albums are often a collection

Author: By Don Snowden, | Title: Punk Tracks (New Acts) | 10/16/1980 | See Source »

Lately, however, the Democrat has also taken to embarrassing many of his constituents. For example, at a NAACP meeting in Baltimore this year, Long, who has a progressive record on civil rights, started rambling on about American blacks being "genetically superior . . . because Southern white blood flows in every black today." All this might not have got Long into trouble if he were not opposed this year by an aggressive Republican, who has a more telling way with words...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Ships That Pass in the Night | 10/13/1980 | See Source »

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