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Word: unlessness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...least. The 6-ft., 4-in. junior was not beaten one-on-one since March. Unless Benno Schmidt is on the NCAA selection committee, Murphy should earn All-America honors next week...

Author: By Michael R. Grunwald, | Title: Breakin' Out 'Til Next Year | 5/17/1989 | See Source »

THINK, Mr. Carswell (wherever you are), think, all of you: imagine the situation of your grader. (Unless, of course he is of the Wheatstone Bridgedouble differential CH3C6H2 (NO2)3 set. These people are mere cogs; automata; they simply feel to make sure you have punched the right holes. As they cannot think, they cannot be impressed; they are clods. The only way to beat their system is to cheat.) In the humanities and social sciences, it is well to remember, there is a man (occasionally a woman), a human type filling out your picture postcard. What does he want...

Author: By A Grader, | Title: A Grader's Reply | 5/15/1989 | See Source »

...unwarranted assumptions comes off better than the equivocator. He would deal with our question on Hume not by baffling the grader or by fencing with him but like this: "It is absurd to discuss whether Hume is representative of the age in which he lived unless we note the progress of that age on all intellectual fronts. After all Hume did not live in a vacuum...

Author: By Donald Carswell, | Title: Beating the System | 5/15/1989 | See Source »

Such efforts will not keep pace with the inexorable deterioration of the monuments unless the Egyptians can speed up their preservation drive. That is why Mubarak's visit to Luxor, the first since he took office in 1981, was so significant. He not only called for a restoration of the Luxor Temple but also a halt to urban encroachments on all archaeological sites. If Mubarak does throw his power behind preservation, he may encourage the Egyptians to take charge of their own priceless heritage and other nations to lend a hand as well. After all, if the monuments...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Perilous Times for the Pyramids | 5/15/1989 | See Source »

...what they think, everyone else knows what is going on. Despite the pitfalls, the authors do not proscribe all office affairs. After all, they argue, some are the real thing. But they offer a few valuable tips on damage control. Example: Never transfer the beloved to your own department, unless you want to destroy office morale -- and possibly end up facing a sexual harassment suit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: I See, I Want, I Get - Maybe | 5/8/1989 | See Source »

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