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Word: bitted (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Those who gathered outside of the Conservative Coming Out Dinner may have gone a bit far in essentially blaming Ronald Reagan for millions of AIDS deaths, but their outrage is understandable. There is nothing about conservatism that requires boorishness. It is a shame that the people organizing last week's dinner couldn't recognize that distinction. The dinner and those who attended without reservation are an embarrassment to both conservatives and liberals of goodwill...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: Foolishness on the Right | 12/7/1999 | See Source »

...Eberhardt was the only student in the forestry program last year and says that experience "was a little bit isolating...

Author: By Joyce K. Mcintyre, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Forestry Program Heads Back to Nature | 12/7/1999 | See Source »

...spent the fall implementing a new set of policies designed to help keep the hard-earned money of newly engaged couples from ending up in the hands of the rebels. This fall the company has reaffirmed its commitment to trying to stop the trade and even added a bit of a spin: a sense that the boycott was aimed directly at the National Union for the Total Liberation of Angola (UNITA), the rebel group led by Jonas Savimbi that has been a target of largely ineffectual U.N. sanctions since 1993. Explains De Beers spokesman Andrew Lamont: "The only goal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Diamonds In The Rough | 12/6/1999 | See Source »

...call mathematics a fin-de-siecle craze would be a bit of an exaggeration, but there is something remarkable about how the most arcane of academic disciplines has finally implanted itself firmly in popular culture. The trend began in 1994 when Princeton University's Andrew Wiles proved Fermat's Last Theorem, a cantankerous problem that had defeated the best mathematical minds for more than 350 years. Not since Archimedes ran naked from his bathtub shouting "Eureka!" has a mathematician received more publicity. PEOPLE magazine put him on its list of "the 25 most intriguing people of the year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Sexy Is Chalk Dust? | 12/6/1999 | See Source »

...ballad Could I Have This Kiss Forever, Iglesias pairs up with Whitney Houston. Tasteful cover? Check. Iglesias turns in a smart rendition of the Bruce Springsteen ballad Sad Eyes (and give him extra points for picking one of the Boss's more obscure songs). Overall, the CD is a bit weepy, but two upbeat numbers, Rhythm Divine and Bailamos, add some much needed rhythmic joy between the tears...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Enrique Iglesias | 12/6/1999 | See Source »

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