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Word: throughness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Contrary to popular opinion, not all animals become angry and agitated when they see red. Bulls may stomp and snort at the sight of a toreador's cape, but chickens become positively mellow when they see the world through rose-tinted glasses. Or contact lenses.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Entrepreneur Wants a Lens in Every Chicken | 11/27/1989 | See Source »

Just look at the vast number of students studying in Lamont or Cabot on weekend nights. Observe how many people stare open-mouthed when a couple embraces in the Yard. For real proof, flip through any college guide; ever wonder why Harvard gets five stars for academics but only three...

Author: By Joshua M. Sharfstein, | Title: Romance at Harvard? Yeah, Right. | 11/27/1989 | See Source »

To buttress his claim, the former employee cites a personal letter Ehrman apparently sent to members of her family in February 1987. In the complaint, Kupelnick says he received the letter "anonymously through the mail" shortly after he was notified of his termination.

Author: By Joshua A. Gerstein, | Title: Former Researcher Sues Harvard | 11/27/1989 | See Source »

Basic training speaks through a language of homophobia--destructive epithets about gays articulated for motivational or provocative ends, as well as a sexist and often racist rhetoric. The terror of being perceived as homosexual is used to scapegoat weaker members, and to instruct the rest as nonconformant with the desired...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ROTC | 11/27/1989 | See Source »

Once a month this fall, natural disasters have devastated widely scattered parts of the U.S. In September Hurricane Hugo slammed into the Carolina coast; October brought the San Francisco Bay earthquake. Last week the furies returned in a burst of tornadoes. Frigid air howled out of the Arctic to collide...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A 14-State Barrage of Twisters | 11/27/1989 | See Source »

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