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Word: effortless (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...FACTS. Any kind, but do get them in. They are what we look for--a name, a place, an allusion, an object, a brand of deoderant, the titles of six poems in a row, even an occasional date. This, son, makes for interesting (if effortless) reading, and that is what gets A's. Underline them, capitalize them, inset them in outline form: be sure we don't miss them. Why do you think all exams insist at at the top, "Illustrate;" "Be specific;" etc? They mean it. The illustrations, of course, need not be singularly relevant; but they must...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Grader's Reply | 1/20/1988 | See Source »

...little headache didn't slow Hotchkin. His seemingly effortless speed up the left midfield prompted the crowd to chant "Sweat, Nick, Sweat" despite the chilly temperatures...

Author: By Jennifer M. Frey, | Title: Winter's Here and the Booters Are Hot | 12/3/1987 | See Source »

...Chen) overwhelmed by their huge wedding chamber; the great courtyard filled with wailing eunuchs, dismissed by their ruler; a tennis court, so strangely out of place in these precincts and yet the locale where Pu Yi hears that he has been deposed -- all of this is Bertolucci at his effortless best, a man from whom unforgettable visual metaphors seem to flow of their own accord...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Free Fall Through History THE LAST EMPEROR | 11/23/1987 | See Source »

...doesn't have an effortless technicalsuperiority that it used to have, and it has acompetitor who plays to win," he said...

Author: By Noam S. Cohen, | Title: MIT Dean: Economy On Brink | 10/28/1987 | See Source »

...FACTS. Any kind, but do get them in. They are what we look for--a name, a place, an allusion, an object, a brand of deodorant, the titles oif six poems in a row, even an occasional date. This, son, makes for interesting (if effortless) reading; and that is what gets A's. Underline them, capitalize them, inset them in outline form; be sure we don't miss them. Why do you think all exams insist at the top, "Illustrate"; "Be specific"; etc. They mean it. The illustrations needn't of course be singularly relevant; but they must be there...

Author: By A Grader, | Title: A Grader's Response | 8/18/1987 | See Source »

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