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Word: use (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...while the School Committee continues to remain an elective body, the mayor is considering placing a referendum on the ballot next November that would change the current system. Until then, however, the mayor and his advisers continue to use the dispute about the desegregation plan to highlight their objections to the current School Committee...

Author: By Joshua M .sharfstein, | Title: 'Controlled Choice' in Boston | 2/10/1989 | See Source »

Rather than seeTrue Believer, in fact you might be better advised to go out and buy the soundtrack album; use the $6 you save by not going to see True Believer, to rent videocassettes of Salvador and Robocop. Who says you can't have...

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

Cookin' is now defined by its new charter. Had your reporter investigated this, she would have discovered that Cookin' is a college-wide group which is dedicated to sponsoring live performances. We are not permanently based in Cabot House; we have decided to use the Cabot JCR as a venue until other alternatives are found...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cookin' | 2/9/1989 | See Source »

Since 1984, the city has had the power to grant exemptions to the parking freeze, but McManus contends that the Binney St. garage should not have received an exemption because the developer will charge for the facility's use. If opponents win the suit they filed against the developer, commercial parking lots built since 1984 may become illegal...

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

...Black" has also developed negative connotations, but there is no real reason to use the term "African-American" other than to provide a motivational tune-up. Chances are that a decade from now "African-American" will develop its own negative imagery and will have to be cast on the heap of bad identifiers...

Author: By Casey J. Lartigue jr., | Title: What's in a Name? | 2/9/1989 | See Source »

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