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Word: asking (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...used to do that whole thing where you say that you go to school in Boston, and if they ask more, you mumble 'Harvard.' The irony is that when you mumble, they can't hear you, and then you end up practically screaming it," says Christina E. Anzoni `00. It appears that sometimes trying not to draw attention to the Harvard name only serves to emphasize...

Author: By Pam Wasserstein, | Title: On the Town | 4/24/1998 | See Source »

Perhaps all we need to do is ask; the officers I spoke with sounded like they had never faced the question before and had a hint in their voices that this might be an amenable change since, after all, they would be able to celebrate with their families as well...

Author: By Adam I. Arenson, | Title: Unpatriotic Harvard | 4/24/1998 | See Source »

Students and administrators alike had no idea why we don't observe Patriot's Day. I spoke with a number of deans to ask why Harvard, unlike practically every university in the state, did not observe the state holiday. They called the question "interesting" and one was "surprised" to find Harvard does not take this chance to celebrate. Some seemed vague on what Patriot's Day even was--maybe they too were asking what Patriot's Day was when they put me on hold...

Author: By Adam I. Arenson, | Title: Unpatriotic Harvard | 4/24/1998 | See Source »

...that the women's liberation movement has run its course and that the struggles of women are no longer relevant to their lives. Sometimes, after lengthy budget negotiations, scrambles for room assignments and 8 a.m. poster runs, we even wonder the same thing. There are moments when we, too, ask the question: why, now that women are athletes, science concentrators, presidents of student societies and date initiators, do we still need Take Back the Night...

Author: By Talya M. Weisbard, | Title: Why We Need 'Take Back The Night' | 4/23/1998 | See Source »

...women alike passed by the group of women, some stopped to ask questions while others merely observed...

Author: By Sonia Inamdar, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Women Affirm Their Right to Eat | 4/23/1998 | See Source »

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