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Word: almost (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Some seniors have been working on their theses since the summer, while others have been at it for only a month and a half. But almost all seniors interviewed confess that their 50-to 80-page papers were not completed until just this week...

Author: By Erica B. Levy, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Cookies and Champagne For Hist and Lit Seniors | 3/2/1999 | See Source »

...will be meeting almost non-stop, Saturday, Sunday and Monday with the board of directors," Duehay said...

Author: By Meredith B. Osborn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Council Heads to Capitol For Conference on Cities | 3/2/1999 | See Source »

Police classified almost half of street robberies as "predatory," or involving threats to hurt the victim...

Author: By Marc J. Ambinder, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Square, Cambridge See Rise in Crime | 3/2/1999 | See Source »

...opened my car door again and almost lost it as a SUV came zooming by-I stared at the rest of the oncoming traffic, half wishing that someone might think I looked pathetic enough to be worthy of assistance...

Author: By Daniel B. Baer, | Title: The Lessons Harvard Hasn't Taught Me | 3/2/1999 | See Source »

...fubsy. You'll ponder this riddle: "Why is the third hand on a clock called the second hand?" But the abiding fun is in the college bull-session informality of the players' banter. Most of them are wizards of the Boston media, and they enjoy one another's wit almost as much as they enjoy cutting in with a bon mot of their own. It's an invigorating workout just to keep up with them, and Sher presides with the indulgence of a genial night watchman in the Mensa wing at Bedlam...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Parties for Smarties | 3/1/1999 | See Source »

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