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Word: adults (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...increasing presence of computers in schools and public libraries has heightened parental awareness of the relative ease with which children are accessing adult sites...

Author: By Jacqueline A. Newmyer, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 'Net Access Unrestricted at Cambridge Library | 12/10/1997 | See Source »

...Flannery said that in the three-and-a-half years that computers with Internet access have been available in the adult section of the main library, she has received no complaints about pornographic sites...

Author: By Jacqueline A. Newmyer, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 'Net Access Unrestricted at Cambridge Library | 12/10/1997 | See Source »

...study, which rated Swedes most "literate" and Poles least, also cited America's high dropout rates as a contributor, but noted that education was no guarantee that an American adult could handle tasks like deciphering a bus schedule or calculating the interest on their mortgage. Isn't there a computer program that does that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Johnny's Dad Can't Read Either | 12/10/1997 | See Source »

...continue to purchase alcohol unobstructed. Granted, the example of others may serve as a deterrent, but there are far more just ways of enforcing the law. If the CPD wishes to crack down on the illegal purchase of alcohol, they should focus the brunt of their efforts on the adult proprietors of the 32 liquor stores, not errant 15-year-olds looking to buy some beer. If the CPD makes it clear to local stores that violation of the law will not be tolerated, they will have greater incentive to closely inspect ID's, and minors will be refused service...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Get the Cops Out Of the Shops | 12/9/1997 | See Source »

...being chosen as part of the 40 minute loops played on such adult album alternative (AAA) stations as KISS and WBOS certainly hasn't affected the core audience for the Bosstones--a devoted group that the band cannot deny as their claim to fame and as an inseparable part of their live shows...

Author: By Peter A. Hahn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: At Home in Beantown | 12/5/1997 | See Source »

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