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Word: alter (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...while self-consciousness motivated her toundergo the surgery, Laura's father was driven bydifferent concerns. He was worried that hernose--which she says he characterized as Jewishlooking--would subject her to harsh discriminationin the workplace. After considering the weight ofthe decision to alter her appearance, Lauraeventually agreed...

Author: By Ronald Y. Koo, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Looking To Get Ahead? | 5/20/1998 | See Source »

Members of the class of 1998: In an effort to alter history, I would like to give you students a commencement speech that is both memorable and useful. It consists of a list of jobs that are readily available to young college graduates, but are rarely, if ever, considered to be within their reach. The mistake made by most of you is that you aim too low--assistants to administrative assistants and the like--whereas the positions I am about to describe are not only exalted and high paying; they also require little or no work, experience, training or knowledge...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Commencement Speech: Get A Job | 5/18/1998 | See Source »

...actors he once looked up to, his high-pitched whine making him sound less like a nerd than a demented castrato--played a host of other characters: in drag, as Urkel's Mississippi cousin Myrtle; as rap-singing cousin Original Gangsta Dawg; and as a suave, Buddy Love-style alter ego named Stefan Urquelle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Another Teary Farewell | 5/18/1998 | See Source »

Despite the proliferation of alternative forms of media, Jonathan H. Alter '79, an editor and columnist for Newsweek, said there was still a major role for the print press to play...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Panels, Festivities Mark Crimson's 125th Anniversary | 5/11/1998 | See Source »

Even if science declares the shroud not genuine, that will not change the faith of the millions who venerated it before the ruling and the millions who will continue to do so afterward. In spite of the advances made by science, it cannot alter the inner belief that each human being possesses. ALEX S. MAALIW Noisiel, France...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: May 11, 1998 | 5/11/1998 | See Source »

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