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Word: unlessness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...might head West. Without the Wall, West Berlin will bear the brunt of that great rush. But West Berlin's workers already resent the city's shortages of jobs and housing and the heavy concentration of alien guest workers from Turkey and ethnic Germans from the East bloc. Ironically, unless the burden of a new influx is properly shared, the people on the Western side might not be all that happy to see the monstrosity fall...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: After The Wall | 11/13/1989 | See Source »

...conducting our campaign like a long-distance runner," says Cesar, "gathering speed as we go along." But unless Chamorro injects some substance into her candidacy, the race may prove not just long distance but long shot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: If Not the Sandinistas . . . | 11/13/1989 | See Source »

Unfortunately, playwright Christopher Durang seems convinced that the audience will not understand his message unless it is beaten into them, and his script frequently employs a baseball bat where a fly-swatter would do. The result is a production which, while entertaining, is pretentious and overblown...

Author: By Adam E. Pachter, | Title: Schizophrenia | 11/10/1989 | See Source »

...Therapy, and when Durang's script finds an appropriate target the result is hillarious. His comments on masculinity are particularly witty; Bruce and Dr. Framingham obsessively display their chest hairs, and Prudence responds to one of Bruce's breakdowns by saying, "I don't think that men should cry unless something falls on them...

Author: By Adam E. Pachter, | Title: Schizophrenia | 11/10/1989 | See Source »

...wouldn't have come here unless I thought we'd have a reasonable chance of winning a national title," the Kirkland House resident says. "There are a lot of great hockey players here that are really into school--they're true student-athletes. I couldn't honestly call myself that without a smirk on my face. My first priority was to pick a school that would be on the doorstep of a championship. I would never, never go to a school that was going...

Author: By Michael R. Grunwald, | Title: This Guy is THE Hockey Fanatic | 11/10/1989 | See Source »

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