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Word: abouts (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Petrus, who in the old days of apartheid would have been called boy even as a middle aged man and relegated to the ranks of simple farmhands, is the farms co-proprietor and a man of substance in the local black community. Lurie is unsure how to relate to Petrus...

Author: By Cerdiwen Dovey, | Title: Booker Winner Visits the Smallholdings | 12/10/1999 | See Source »

While Coetzee develops brilliantly the white characters in the novel, there is something disturbing about the one dimensionality of all of the black characters. Petrus in particular never becomes anything more than a stereotype of the newly empowered yet still angry black man, and the seeming shallowness of his value...

Author: By Cerdiwen Dovey, | Title: Booker Winner Visits the Smallholdings | 12/10/1999 | See Source »

After the meeting, the executive board talked privately about the candidates for a short period, and then decided to split their endorsement between two tickets, choosing Plants for president and Burton for vice president.

Author: By Imtiyaz H. Delawala, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Campus Groups Throw Weight Behind Candidates | 12/10/1999 | See Source »

"We're not about appealing to just minorities," Driskell said. "We're looking at campus-wide issues."

Author: By Imtiyaz H. Delawala, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Campus Groups Throw Weight Behind Candidates | 12/10/1999 | See Source »

For objects of such an era, how can we just lay them out in stores to be prodded and poked by the multitudes? No, they belong in the auction room, where only the select individuals who care enough about these golden girls and boys can have the chance to prove...

Author: By Cheryl Chan and Jennifer Liao, S | Title: Cinemanic | 12/10/1999 | See Source »

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