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Word: fairmindedness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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I recognize that for a movement which is trying to gain more support among the student population having section leaders hold their classes at the shanties is an ingenious move. It widens the political base and makes the protesters appear to have larger numbers than what they actually possess. However...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Subtle Pressure | 4/16/1986 | See Source »

No matter. Neither parable applies to you. You were born a good Samaritan and prodigality has never been one of your problems. Frankly, I do not know a work of moral fiction that could improve your character, for it has always seemed to your mother and me (admittedly prejudiced but...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Speech for a High School Graduate | 6/11/1984 | See Source »

Whatever the public climate, committee members stood by their conclusions last week. Said Stanford Law Professor John Kaplan: "Frankly, I don't think we're being treated very well." Argued Stanford Psychologist Richard Thompson: "The report was very fairminded. We are concerned with the long-term harmful effects...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: The Potshot That Backfired | 7/19/1982 | See Source »

The first surprise for Commanding Officer Charles Taylor (Peter Friedman), a West Pointer, is to meet Captain Richard Davenport (Charles Brown), the black officer assigned by the Army to investigate Waters' murder. Almost inadvertently, he says to Davenport: "Being in charge does not look right on Negroes." Besides, the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: Color Line | 1/18/1982 | See Source »

The dreamer is a womanizer named Snaporaz (Marcello Mastroianni). Pursuing his latest prey (Bernice Stegers) into a feminist convention, the pursuer quickly becomes the pursued-by shrill women of every age and shape, from crones to teen-age punkers. All are projections of the basic, to Fellini anyway, male fear...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Garage Sale | 4/20/1981 | See Source »

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