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Word: bashfully (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1990
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...understandable that a college president--eager to attract minority applicants and alumni contributions--would want to defend his institution's reputation. Harrassed by midnight ringings of his doorbell by Review staffers, Freedman has particular reason to bash the publication...

Author: By Mark J. Sneider, | Title: Give the Review Another Chance | 10/29/1990 | See Source »

...question remained: How to get there? Though the latest presidential plan is the first to bear Gorbachev's imprimatur, it capped a series of four previous Kremlin formulas to be brought out and then discarded since last December like so many bottles of vodka at a wild bash. What especially angered Yeltsin and other crash reformers was their feeling that Gorbachev had betrayed them, first by saying he approved of the 500-Day Plan devised by a team under presidential councilor and economist Stanislav Shatalin, then by opting for a much vaguer, slower schedule outlined by Gorbachev adviser Abel Aganbegyan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Soviet Union No Peace for the Prizewinner | 10/29/1990 | See Source »

...when it is fashionable to bash Western culture and exaggerate the traditions of the southern and eastern hemispheres, Paz's work is a reminder that no part of the contemporary world is free of profound influences from another. His best-known poem, Sun Stone (1957), casts ancient Aztec symbolism in a modern mold. As a critic, he broke ground with The Labyrinth of Solitude, a study of Mexico as a New World nation improvising its future from indigenous traditions as well as revolutionary ideals from Europe and North America...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Octavio Paz, LITERATURE: Wide Horizons | 10/22/1990 | See Source »

...course, even the most abstemious Headgoers get thirsty. Never fear. There's a big bash in Joe's room Saturday night. You're all invited...

Author: By Michael R. Grunwald, | Title: Ah, Bruno, Joe Hardly Knew Ye | 10/21/1990 | See Source »

Overcoming administration angst, mayoral meddling and the Massachusetts fiscal crisis, the logistically nightmarish annual aquatic bash known as the Head of the Charles is back...

Author: By Matthew J. Mcdonald, | Title: Cancel the Head? Well, Not This Year | 10/21/1990 | See Source »

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