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Word: accosts (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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According to Assistant Dean David Illingworth, "This policy was put into place for students benefit to keep a modicum of order in the dorms." He said that before the restrictions, groups of students would enter Houses and accost students, saying, "I'm sleeping in your room tonight...

Author: By Z. R. Heineman, | Title: In the News | 10/21/1999 | See Source »

...Accost annoyed upperclassman for key card swipe into building. Curse House master for outlawing universal keycard access, and crawl up five flights of stairs. Arrive at "party" of 10 Harvard men. Met with wide eyes. "Ooo. This is good," the so-called...

Author: By Avra VAN Der zee, | Title: JUST A SQUIRREL TRYIN' TO GET A NUT | 11/5/1998 | See Source »

Kotowski said after the suspect failed to grab the purse, he started to accost the couple...

Author: By David L. Greene and Anne C. Krendl, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Police Storm Quincy Courtyard, Arrest Suspect | 9/16/1997 | See Source »

...multiply in the summer, but it's a bit easier to appreciate their interest and excitement about Harvard in the summer. After all, the grass is green, the sun is shining, the buildings look their best. And, of course, there is no homework to make you want to accost the nearest camera-clicker and say, "Hey, you want to do my problem sets...

Author: By Susannah B. Tobin, | Title: Wishing You Were Here This Summer | 9/10/1997 | See Source »

...street, the homeless are both more and less aggressive in Hungary than they are in Cambridge. Homeless men sit in squares and drink, rarely approaching passers-by. Women, meanwhile, accost tourists and others with an aggressiveness that would put Cambridge's "Hello there, young man!" Spare Change dealer to shame. These women, without fail, move about in groups, bear very small children on their arms and dress in gypsy-style wraps and shawls. They come to you begging, pointing to their children, and literally hang on your arm for two blocks waiting for money. They even enter restaurants...

Author: By Geoffrey C. Upton, | Title: A Post-Communist Summer | 6/27/1997 | See Source »

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