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Word: wishfulness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Memphis State, McLain says he did a quarter-gram of coke in the bathroom of his hotel. The true attitude of the smiling backcourtman, the beautiful dreamer of all the glorious press dispatches, came down to this: "I just wanted the season to be over." He says, "Now I wish Coach Mass had tested me then, or got me some help, or something...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Coming to The Four with More | 3/30/1987 | See Source »

...that will be necessary. Deaver's mentors in the White House could do no more than sympathize. Said the President: "Mike Deaver has been our friend for 20 years. Nancy and I will keep him and his family in our thoughts during these difficult times. We wish him well...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Bill Comes Due for Deaver | 3/30/1987 | See Source »

...book. I wish she had had access...

Author: By Noam S. Cohen, | Title: Scholars Criticize Archival Restrictions | 3/26/1987 | See Source »

...Conservative Club and the local lefties are playing games with each other again, and the majority is saying "play nicely now children." Every sixth grader knows that intelligent free speech is important. We only wish the appearance of South African Vice Consul Duke Kent-Brown was an example of it. Instead it is the latest round in the ongoing left-right squabble. The Conservative Club brings in a speaker to mouth the same old lines. The liberals protest with the same old slogans...

Author: By Jeffrey J. Wise, | Title: The Kent-Brown Speech | 3/24/1987 | See Source »

Walsh last week persuaded the House Iranscam committee to go along with his request for delay. He had a harder time convincing the Senators. "The independent counsel wishes the committees didn't exist," says a source close to the Senate panel. "We wish he didn't exist. The Congress wants to let in the sunlight. The independent counsel has to work in grand jury secrecy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Timing Tiff: Immunity now - or later? | 3/23/1987 | See Source »

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