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Word: sharpen (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1980
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...explain to the court what you individually did and why you did it." To pressure Dinnan to testify, Owens fined him $100 a day for 30 days, and then sentenced him to 90 days in jail. Faculty colleagues raised most of the $3,000 to pay the fine. To sharpen the issue, Dinnan wore his full academic robes when surrendering to begin his prison term...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Growing Row over Peer Review | 10/6/1980 | See Source »

...arrows at wealthy foundations and companies, many of which can always afford a plaque on a building at one of the most prestigious universities in the world. But now that it's getting time to elicit the $1000, $500, $100 and even $50 pledges, Harvard will have to sharpen its we-really-do-need-it arguments...

Author: By Nancy F. Bauer, | Title: Brother, Can You Spare a Dime... ...I Only Need $250 Million | 9/15/1980 | See Source »

...arrows at wealthy foundations and companies, many of which can always afford a plaque on a building at one of the most prestigious universities in the world. But now that it's getting time to elicit the $1000, $500, $100 and even $50 pledges, Harvard will have to sharpen its we-really-do-need-it arguments...

Author: By Nancy F. Bauer, | Title: Brother, Can You Spare a Dime... ...I Only Need $250 Million | 9/10/1980 | See Source »

...arrows at wealthy foundations and companies, many of which can always afford a plaque on a building at one of the most prestigious universities in the world. But now that it's getting time to elicit the $1000, $500, $100 and even $50 pledges, Harvard will have to sharpen its we-really-do-need-it arguments...

Author: By Nancy F. Bauer, | Title: Brother, Can You Spare a Dime... ...I Only Need $250 Million | 9/8/1980 | See Source »

Fort Wayne police continued to question black leaders, as well as Ku Klux Klansmen and local members of other extremist groups in an effort to turn up leads; officers even used hypnosis in an unsuccessful attempt to sharpen the memory of a man who reported seeing a parked car just off Interstate 69 at the time of the shooting but could recall little else about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Jordan Riddle | 6/16/1980 | See Source »

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