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Word: wonderful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...making generalities, but I think somestudents may wonder in the end whether they wantto belong here and ground themselves in the worldof Harvard," says Hernandez-Gravelle...

Author: By Ross G. Forman, | Title: Proctors: Addressing Adjustment Issues? | 12/5/1988 | See Source »

...language of the people, but in 1988 there's something a bit trite, a bit haven't-I-heard-this-before about singing slogans like, "Why are the missiles called peacekeepers/When they're aimed to kill?" Well, why? Does Chapman think she's the first person to wonder about Reaganspeak aloud? Are we breaking new ground here? Nothing wrong with her message, but it would be refreshing if people stopped praising it as if it were prophetic, because it's not. It's just the product of a privileged Black woman who went to boarding school and Tufts University...

Author: By Elizabeth L. Wurtzel, | Title: Where's Rock's Sincerity? | 12/5/1988 | See Source »

...starters are top-round draft picks. Building around veteran All-Pro nose tackle, 285-lb. Fred Smerlas, Buffalo has structured the A.F.C.'s best defense. They have held opponents to just one touchdown in the past four games and have allowed the fewest total yards in the conference. No wonder they boast nicknames such as the "Bruise Brothers" and the "Billsdozers." Over the past three years, Buffalo acquired '87 Pro Bowl defensive end Bruce Smith, inside linebacker Shane Conlan of Penn State and second-year outside linebacker Cornelius Bennett, a guided missile who homes in on footballs. Says O.J. Simpson...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Let's Get Ridiculous! Buffalo's Bills | 12/5/1988 | See Source »

...WONDER YEARS (ABC, Wednesdays, 9 p.m. EST). A twelve-year-old grapples with Viet Nam, young love and junior-high bullies during the 1960s in this wistful and often winning series...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Critics' Choice: Dec. 5, 1988 | 12/5/1988 | See Source »

...course of true love takes some strange turns in Roseanne, ABC's new hit sitcom starring comedian Roseanne Barr. This blunt-spoken family may not win any awards for Wonder-bread wholesomeness, but not since The Cosby Show has a TV clan achieved such instant rapport with the American public. Since its debut in mid-October, the show has consistently finished in the Nielsen Top Ten, one week even landing in the heady No. 2 spot, behind only the indestructible...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: Sharp Tongue in the Trenches: Roseanne Barr | 12/5/1988 | See Source »

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