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Word: tells (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...tell you what I think," said Deep Throat. "The top bananas at HDS are more willing to serve inexpensive but non-nutritive iced tea or lemonade than orange or apple juice. Of course, this leaves the students either to squeeze the bone-dry oranges or just to contract scurvy...

Author: By Adam L. Berger, | Title: Dining Hall-Gate | 11/2/1989 | See Source »

...according to Bok, the weekends aren't justanother fundraising ploy. "I don't think that'strue that they're just used as a perk. I'm suredifferent motives may inspire different kinds ofinvitations, [but fundraising] is certainly notthe primary motive involved as far as I can tell...

Author: By Rebecca L. Walkowitz, | Title: Harvard Prepares Funding Pitch | 11/2/1989 | See Source »

...enough that someone, with something important to tell, might face demotion or unemployment if the "something" is about his or her department. The deterrent is multiplied when the whistleblower fears criminal charges...

Author: By Juliette N. Kayyem, | Title: Mum's the Word at Justice | 11/2/1989 | See Source »

BEFORE I can tell you my father's occupation, I want to get a few things straight...

Author: By Joshua M. Sharfstein, | Title: Daddy Dearest | 11/1/1989 | See Source »

...this insensitivity that allowed one of my Harvard friends to tell me, only half in jest, that "One Jew at Harvard Business school is worth 1000 rednecks on a chain gang...

Author: By John L. Larew, | Title: Liberals Need Hank Williams, Jr. | 11/1/1989 | See Source »

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