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Word: affectedness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Years ago, in an Oxford tutorial, I taught a young woman who affected an unusual habit. When asked a question that required deep thought, she would screw her eyes tight shut, jerk her head down to her chest and then freeze for up to half a minute before looking up...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Selfish Meme | 4/19/1999 | See Source »

And now, for extra credit: theoretical mathematics. The lads became fascinated, Larry says, "by the idea that math and theology are almost the same. They begin with a supposition you can derive a whole host of laws or rules from. And when you take all of them to the infinity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Popular Metaphysics | 4/19/1999 | See Source »

In some sense, the reporting out of Kosovo may be superior to what came out during the Gulf War. Operation Desert Storm occurred in a remote part of the world. "People were kept away from it and that conflict happened way away from the cameras," recalls ABC's Murphy. "Those...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The War on Television | 4/16/1999 | See Source »

While University administrators acknowledge the small number of Faculty affected, they also admit that the presence of only one older professor who can't quite pull their weight creates the appearance of a larger problem.****

Author: By Jason M. Goins and Rosalind S. Helderman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: The Graying of theFaculty | 4/15/1999 | See Source »

Some departments have been affected disproportionately by the lifting of the mandatory retirement age.

Author: By Jason M. Goins and Rosalind S. Helderman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: The Graying of theFaculty | 4/15/1999 | See Source »

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