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Word: leanings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...student last year who used to call his spit 'luggies,' " he tells his tenth-graders. "He could lean out my classroom window and gather enough spit to reach down to the ground and then suck it up again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Who's Teaching Our Children? | 11/14/1988 | See Source »

Cornell will lean on its solid returning middle-line players and eager new recruits for a shot at a trip to Boston for the ECAC Championships. Last year a mini-game loss to Clarkson in Ithaca, N.Y., blocked the trip...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: Who Will Earn an Invitation to...... the ECAC Garden Party? | 11/11/1988 | See Source »

Linebackers: Jack Reybold (6-ft., 1-in. and a lean 210 pounds) leads the Terriers in sacks with five. Do you think he likes to blitz? He is also second on the squad in tackles. Dennis Carson leads the squad in tackles with 90. And with Pat Faucette at the other linebacking spot, this group seems leak-proof...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Scouting Report | 11/5/1988 | See Source »

Women, Blacks and upperclassmen lean most heavily toward the Massachusetts governor--who won 70 percent of the overall vote compared to Bush's 26 percent--according to the Tuesday survey of more than 2500 students. The survey sampled approximately two-fifths of the College...

Author: By Kelly A. Matthews, | Title: Students Pick Dukakis Over Bush in IOP Poll | 11/4/1988 | See Source »

...congressional races, Democrats rake in the largest share of PAC monies, despite the common perception that corporations lean toward Republicans. The reason is that Democrats hold majorities in both the House and Senate, and incumbents always have a better chance of winning than newcomers. Says one PAC manager: "The core of our business is access to legislators. We can get shut out if we give to challengers who lose." This year PACs have contributed $66 million to congressional incumbents, an increase of 29.4% over 1986, while handing challengers only $7 million, about the same as in previous elections. Democrats have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Price of Power | 10/31/1988 | See Source »

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