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Word: transcendental (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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The overall impression, then, is of luminous high points interspersed with perplexing gaffes. The spots where Jackson falters are not, however, indications of poor musicianship or songwriting; rather, they seem to be errors of judgment, or lapses in commitment to his ideas. Even mediocre Joe Jackson is better then most...

Author: By Glenn Slater, | Title: Great Balls of Fire | 4/28/1989 | See Source »

* Hemmed in as he is, the risk for Bush is that his Administration could drift for months without major victories -- or, worse, be burdened with a mortifying setback. Already, the uplifting sermons have begun to sound repetitious and a trifle hollow. A budget concordat with Congress would, of course, provide...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Reaganomics With A Human Face | 2/20/1989 | See Source »

Ever since the televised Kennedy-Nixon debates gave voters a sense of personal access to the candidates, charisma and charm have tended to overshadow all but the most transcendent election issues. But in an era of peace and at least a veneer of prosperity, the 1988 campaign has so far...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bush Scores A Warm Win | 10/24/1988 | See Source »

TWENTY years ago today, Senator Robert F. Kennedy '48 was shot. In 1968, Kennedy was fast on his way to becoming a politician of a different sort--one who believed in transcendent issues, such as morality, integrity and justice, more than topical policy matters.

Author: By David J. Barron, | Title: Questioning Motives | 6/7/1988 | See Source »

While Reagan and Gorbachev relied on the usual summit platitudes--talking of the coming of a new era of relations between their nations--the motives for these meetings were new. Both nations are superpowers, but their kind of power is no longer transcendent. They met to discuss arms, but what...

Author: By Jeffrey S. Nordhaus, | Title: Meeting of the Sapped Powers | 6/6/1988 | See Source »

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