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Word: ascertains (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Editors later expanded the assignment, which was initially designed to ascertain how easy it is to gain access to clubs and bars with fake IDs, to include liquor stores, he said...

Author: By Nan Zheng, | Title: Globe Intern Faces Investigation For Use of False ID in Project | 9/20/1994 | See Source »

Attempting to ascertain Eugene Delacroix's theory of painting as 'life,' i might've learned more than intended. An unsettling detail form his published journal (translated from the French, courtesy of the Fogg): "Last Tuesday morning, a little baggage named Marie--19 years old--came to pose. I took a big chance of a disease with her." (Now that's romantic...

Author: By Brad EDWARD White, | Title: ?...! & !...? | 5/18/1994 | See Source »

...find the judges wondering, for the example, "If whipping were to be authorized, how does one...ascertain the point which would distinguish the permissible from that which is cruel and unusual...

Author: By Alec Permison, | Title: Beating Back Inhumanity | 4/26/1994 | See Source »

...order violates Packwood's constitutional protection against unreasonable searches and self-incrimination. Stein complained that the inquiry keeps expanding "like a balloon." Asked he: "Where is the end of it?" Not in sight. Already looking into charges of sexual misconduct, intimidation and influence peddling, the committee now will ascertain whether Packwood's tampering was an obstruction of Congress...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dear Diary . . . Delete That | 12/27/1993 | See Source »

With these devices, a customer seeking to purchase cigarettes from a machine must request an attending salesperson to press a button inactivating the lock. The salesperson is supposed to ascertain that the customer is over 18 before allowing the sale...

Author: By Margaret Isa, | Title: Council Votes to Lock Cigarette Dispensers | 12/15/1993 | See Source »

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