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Word: semis (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Town News and Nini's in the Square, managers reported that the semi-secret society's latest comedic venture is selling "much better" than most of its previous publications--although it might not outsell the Lampoon's 1987 USA Today parody...

Author: By Adam K. Goodheart, | Title: Lampy Mag May Outsell Hotcakes | 6/6/1989 | See Source »

...reservation systems and the airlines that own them, often at the expense of carriers without their own computers. Nearly 87% of all flights are now booked through the carriers with computerized networks, compared with 61% in 1983. The most dominant system is American's SABRE (an acronym for Semi-Automated Business Research Environment), used by 14,000 agencies to keep up with some 45 million different fares at 281 airlines. United's Apollo, the second largest, is used by 10,000 agencies. Last year the SABRE system brought American profits of $134 million, mainly in user fees collected from such...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Big Eagles and Sitting Ducks | 5/15/1989 | See Source »

Amid calls from some anti-ROTC activists for votes to recall council members who supported the resolution and semi-serious suggestions of another siege of University Hall, the council is gearing up to reconsider its ROTC resolution. The body will vote tomorrow whether to modify it, repeal it or keep it intact...

Author: By Brian R. Hecht, | Title: A Week the Council Will Never Forget | 4/29/1989 | See Source »

Harvard lost to Temple in the semi-finals ofthe NCAA's last year, and Temple went on to winthe tournament. This time it's not Yankee pride;it's just plain Crimson pride...

Author: By Sandra Block, | Title: Laxwomen Crown Loyola, 12-6 | 4/29/1989 | See Source »

Unfortunately, McCormack reinjured his collarbone in the ECAC consolation game, after Harvard dropped its semi-final contest to--you guessed it--Vermont...

Author: By Hank Hudepohl, | Title: The Life of a Recovering Athlete | 4/22/1989 | See Source »

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