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Word: wrongness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1980
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Come to think of it, though, the time reference in that statement is all wrong. To understand the Harvard experience against Brown Saturday morning, don't think in terms of days. Think about halves, or even minutes...

Author: By Mark H. Doctoroff, | Title: Booters Trounce Bruins, 4-0 | 11/3/1980 | See Source »

...Boss is wrong, see rule...

Author: By Robert O. Boorstin, | Title: Pride Grows With Progress | 11/3/1980 | See Source »

...celebrity-oriented society. It's hard to see how anyone could turn that around." Edward C. Banfield, Markham Professor of Government, sees little need to change either the media or the political system drastically. "Given the realities of American life, I don't know if there's anything wrong with the system. One can imagine what would happen if Abraham Lincoln appeared and tried to give a Cooper Union address to the American people. There wouldn't be anyone there to listen." Others, like Verba, note that "it's traditional to lament the fact that we don't elect good...

Author: By Paul A. Engelmayer, | Title: The Trouble With Reform | 11/3/1980 | See Source »

...Reagan. Says Blank: "I guess I'm counting on the fact that the Government will be too paralyzed to be dangerous under Reagan. I think it's horrible that we're put in the position that whatever we do we feel we're making the wrong decision...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Best of a Bad Bargain | 11/3/1980 | See Source »

Fields, a vice president of his family's cemetery company, started by declaring: "Eckhardt represents everything that is wrong with this country. He would destroy the free enterprise system and destroy the work ethic." Charged Fields of the seven-term incumbent: "He voted nine times for busing [to desegregate schools]. He voted against the B-l bomber. He voted for gun control. He voted to give tax dollars to Communist countries...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The House: Personalities on Stage | 11/3/1980 | See Source »

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