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Word: waiting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...writing my junior paper, which is due in less than two weeks. (No, wait, I am doing that...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: Dreamin' About the Cubbies | 4/20/1989 | See Source »

WHRB Radio (95.3 FM) will air "The Wait Is Over," the Harvard hockey season in review tonight from...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: `The Wait Is Over' | 4/19/1989 | See Source »

Lonoff, unable to restart the elevator, pressed an emergency bell several times then yelled for help. In response, several voices told Lonoff to wait in between floor B and C while they brought assistance, she said...

Author: By Adam E. Pachter, | Title: Administrator Held Captive | 4/17/1989 | See Source »

...What have you been doing, Beth?" "Well, isn't that cute!" I can't wait to see you try to turn that into a job/future/life. I didn't think I would have a problem feeling superior to the people in my old entryway. Why should anything change after three years...

Author: By Rob Greenstein, | Title: Hitting the Champagne Crunch | 4/17/1989 | See Source »

...wait (the theory goes on), those Democratic victories are tainted because of gerrymandering by state legislatures, most of which are controlled by Democrats. Gerrymandering certainly happens. But gerrymandering hardly explains why the Democrats have a large majority in Congress. Constituency election systems inevitably exaggerate majorities; that is part of their function. (How many times did you hear that Ronald Reagan carried 49 of 50 states? Yet he got barely 29 out of 50 voters.) In fact, though, the Democratic majority is not all that exaggerated. In 1988 in elections for the House, Democrats got 53% of the votes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: In Defense of Congress | 4/17/1989 | See Source »

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