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Word: ask (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...cows in your backyard?" people would ask "How come you don't have an accent?" or better yet, "They don't have antiques down in Texas, do they...

Author: By Katherine E. Bliss, | Title: A Texan Avoiding Becoming a `Blue-Bellied Yankee' | 7/7/1989 | See Source »

Matt's one drawback, particularly if you ask my mother, was that he was seriously involved in a long-term relationship from which he was unwilling to extricate himself. It was certainly a major drawback, and an important strain on our relationship...

Author: By Emily M. Bernstein, | Title: Blase About First Year At Harvard | 7/7/1989 | See Source »

People would ask me if I was nervous. I just nodded, all the time thinking, "Didn't I just finish three years in a large boarding school? Didn't I come from New York City? Wasn't I likely to know at least 10 percent of my class? Wasn't I ready to take on Harvard...

Author: By Emily M. Bernstein, | Title: Blase About First Year At Harvard | 7/7/1989 | See Source »

...senior at The Crimson, who happened to be my comp advisor. At first, he was really annoying. He seemed to expect so much from me, and I just didn't feel up to it. He would ask me what was wrong with me if I took a nap in the afternoon. (Sleeping a lot is, indeed, a common symptom of depression, but I didn't know that then...

Author: By Emily M. Bernstein, | Title: Blase About First Year At Harvard | 7/7/1989 | See Source »

...Ask an alumnus what the biggest team on campus is, and the most common response will be The Team, the football team. Two years ago, Coach Joe "Multiflex" Restic's squad captured the Ivy League Title with a 14-10 win over Yale in The Game on the last weekend of the season...

Author: By Michael Stankiewicz, | Title: Harvard, the Haven for Armchair Athletes | 7/7/1989 | See Source »

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