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Word: blowingly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...loss column, Harvard did not fare well, winning zero first-round matches. However, there were extenuating circumstances that ease the blow...

Author: By Keith S. Greenawalt, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: W. Tennis Leaves Virginia With Multiple Losses | 9/21/1998 | See Source »

...colorful tapestry hangs as a curtain over the window, replacing the standard-issue white shade. A red-velvet-covered wood table sits next to an easy chair, while a hand-carved blow gun hangs above the fire-place...

Author: By Rosalind S. Helderman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Creating a Not So Humble Abode | 9/18/1998 | See Source »

...apparent triumph of Serb hard-liners in presidential elections. "Although the European election supervisors are holding back the result until next week, it does appear that [radical nationalist] Nikola Poplasen has beaten [moderate] Biljana Plavsic," says TIME Central Europe bureau chief Massimo Calabresi. "And that's a serious blow for the West...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bosnia: No Way Out for the West? | 9/17/1998 | See Source »

Those students receive a double blow from learning-disabilities laws: not only is their learning in mixed classrooms often compromised, but they are also barred from reaping the benefits--small-group instruction, protection from discipline, extra time on standardized tests--afforded the learning-disabled students. That frustrates principals like Mary Gordon of Windsor Elementary School in Des Moines. There, learning-disabled first-graders who have trouble with reading get pulled out for periods of the day to attend a small-group session with a tutor; meanwhile, the sizes of the two regular classes swell as high...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lost In The Middle | 9/14/1998 | See Source »

...prop up their pension a bit should keep a close eye on their medical bills. That's because, starting Jan. 1, Medicare beneficiaries can collect up to $1,000 for helping root out instances of the fraud and overbilling that cost the government billions of dollars each year. To blow the whistle on crooked oxygen suppliers or home-health-care providers, just call...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Your Money: Sep. 14, 1998 | 9/14/1998 | See Source »

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