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Word: worked (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...ironic then that Abbie Hoffman, quoted throughout the book as the conscience of the generation and the one who could lead it back to its roots, committed suicide while the authors were completing their work...

Author: By Joseph R. Palmore, | Title: Fantasies of a Generation That Can't Forget Its Past | 8/18/1989 | See Source »

...accepting women (which he calls either "girls" or "ladies," depending on the reference) as intelligent and capable. But for someone who looks so disdainfully on the Freudian philosophy, Barker just can't seem to grasp the fact that the world does not revolve around his penis. While his academic work is on the cutting edge of his field, his brain--and his body--are still operating in a 1950s mode...

Author: By Ennifer M. Frey, | Title: Sexism and Slime in the Psychology Department | 8/18/1989 | See Source »

Just as he could never forget the face of the little girl whose tragic and unnecessary death he witnessed, I don't think I ever will forget the representative whose tragic and unnecessary death was a blow to all who work for human compassion and against injustice. May his memory inspire each of us to work for social justice and human dignity everywhere...

Author: By Rob Greenstein, | Title: A Tribute to Mickey Leland | 8/15/1989 | See Source »

...Harvard examination system is designed, according to its promulgators, to test two specific things, knowledge of trends and knowledge of detail. Men approaching the examination problem have three choices: 1. flunking out, 2. doing work, or 3. working out some system of fooling the grader. The first choice of solution is too permanent and the second takes too long...

Author: By Donald Carswell, | Title: Beating the System | 8/15/1989 | See Source »

...scrawl--it only brings out the sadist in us. Don't (Cliffies) write offers to come over and read aloud to us your illegible remarks--we can (officially) read anything, and we may be married. Write on both sides of the page--single-blue-book finals look like less work to grade, and win points. This chic, shaded calligraphic script so many are affecting lately is handsome, and is probably worth a good five extra points if you can hack...

Author: By A Grader, | Title: Grader's Reply: It's Not Really That Easy | 8/15/1989 | See Source »

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