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Word: calling (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Toys R Us employee reports a call at 12:58 p.m. at the customer service desk from an unknown male who asked, "What store is this?" The employee responded that it was the Cambridge location of Toys R Us. The caller then said, "Okay, well, then there is a bomb in the store." The Cambridge Fire Department responded to the call...

Author: By Vasugi V. Ganeshananthan, CONTRIBUTING WRITERS | Title: CAMBRIDGE POLICE BLOTTER | 11/18/1998 | See Source »

...female heroines She-Ra-type characters or eliminate fashion shows, but I am advocating a change of mindset. We cannot expect the change to come only from men, so women must be pro-active. The stereotypes that prevail in the minds of many men will not fade until women call their bluff. This change will not come from the courts or Congress. Instead of bemoaning our situation, women must convince men that we are more than Barbies and that we abhor the Barbie treatment. And men must acknowledge the rueful truth: Barbie is just a doll. Jenny E. Heller...

Author: By Jenny E. Heller, | Title: Will Men Ever Stop? | 11/18/1998 | See Source »

...year wore on, I could sense that my parents missed having me around the house, and we began talking to each other more often. While I used to call only to tell them about the funny things happening around campus, I began to share with them even the more mundane aspects of college life. Soon, the phone call from home became a daily ritual...

Author: By Sujit Raman, | Title: Calling Home Ain't So Bad | 11/17/1998 | See Source »

Nonetheless, early applications continue to rise steadily, leading to what some call a "frenzy...

Author: By James Y. Stern, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Early Aps Raise Diversity Question | 11/17/1998 | See Source »

Armey has a point. But he isn't being very clear about the Bible. The Book of Leviticus commands us to murder homosexuals when we find them sleeping together. Some people would call this extreme. The Bible is also very clear about a number of other things. For example, when God catches a man picking up twigs on the Sabbath and thereby violating His law against working, He demands the man's death. Apparently, when He said you're not supposed to work on that day, He meant...

Author: By Derek C. Araujo, | Title: Twig-Picking and Other Sins | 11/17/1998 | See Source »

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