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Word: insights (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Carpenter said studying her ancestors, such as two great aunts who were involved in the suffrage movement early this century, had given her insight on politics...

Author: By Cynthia L. Mao, | Title: Aide Lambasts Candidates | 4/12/1988 | See Source »

...world's stages. Korean-born Kyung-Wha Chung, 40, shared first prize in the Leventritt Competition with Pinchas Zukerman in 1967, and has since established herself as a major artist on the strength of her burnished tone and fiery passagework. Chung is a performer of great interpretative range and insight who can light up the night with a blazing Tchaikovsky concerto, probe the intimate, sorrowing mysteries of Alban Berg's twelve-tone essay in the form, or tackle Sir Edward Elgar's king-and-country Violin Concerto with equal aplomb. She also plays in a chamber trio with her sister...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Siren Songs at Center Stage | 4/11/1988 | See Source »

...simple Buddhist monk." Though he is one of the most erudite scholars of one of the most cerebral of all the world's philosophies, he has a gift for reducing his doctrine to a core of lucid practicality, crystallized in the title of his 1984 book, Kindness, Clarity and Insight (Snow Lion Press). "My true religion," he has said, "is kindness...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tibet's Living Buddha | 4/11/1988 | See Source »

...rate, no matter what the reasons, Manuel Noriega has provided interesting insight into exactly what the Reagan administration will and will not actually put up with when push comes to shove. For example, despite Nancy Reagan's "Just Say No To Drugs," we now have tangible proof that Ronald Reagan actually "Just Said...

Author: By Jeffrey J. Wise, | Title: Noriega's Big Mistake | 3/21/1988 | See Source »

ECAC hockey coaches would be the authors of similar empty volumes if their collective humor and philosophical insight were compiled. How dull are some of the league's coaches...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: Wit and Wisdom | 3/11/1988 | See Source »

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