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Word: barring (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...sense that many others at the College share my sentiments. We have all heard students lament the fact that they hang out exclusively with their over-sized blocking groups and that they wait for hours on end to gain entrance to the Crimson Sports Bar and Grille only to see the same people that they saw there the weekend before (when they also waited for hours...

Author: By Alex Carter, | Title: Getting Up and Out of the Square | 10/19/1998 | See Source »

...night parties. Shepard, barely 5-ft. 2-in. tall and on a good day 105 lbs., preferred political debate and languages (German and Arabic) to the stereotypical masculine pursuits of his father's alma mater. Shepard said his jaw was recently broken by a man in a Cody, Wyo., bar who decked him when he realized he was gay. There are no gay bars in Wyoming. The closest gay nightclubs to Shepard's college are a 1 1/2-hr. drive away and across the Colorado border. Still, Shepard was comfortable enough to join his school's gay organization, comfortable enough knowing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: That's Not a Scarecrow | 10/19/1998 | See Source »

...have a wider array of choices when they set out for a night on the town. Women's choices are restricted to room parties, braving the city's bar or club scene, or being invited to someone else's club...

Author: By Barbara E. Martinez, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Into the City | 10/16/1998 | See Source »

...certain quarters of Italy during World War II. Pin sleeps in the same room that his sister conducts her business in, and so is precociously knowledgeable about sex. He unhesitatingly shares this with peers, who are fascinated, but find him too different to befriend. Shunned, Pin hangs around a bar and tries to entertain the adults with bawdy songs and neighborhood gossip, rewarded occasionally with wine and cigarettes. Trying to please the bar's denizens, he steals the German soldier's pistol. Thus begins Pin's involvement with the Resistance; after a couple misadventures, he finds himself assistant cook...

Author: By Benjamin L. Mckean, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: It's a 'Spider' Boy's Life | 10/16/1998 | See Source »

...have some fun," Everyday is a winding road" and "If it makes you happy..."? Crow shaped the songs on her first two albums around these sing-along lyrics and a host of fictional characters, relating anecdotes about a promiscuous neighbor in "Oh Marie," a bored and nosy bar chick in "All I Wanna Do" and a struggling working-girl in "Sweet Rosalyn...

Author: By Joseph F. Cooper, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 'Sessions' Not Much Fun, but Crafted Crow | 10/16/1998 | See Source »

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