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Word: choses (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Percentage of Americans who chose "efficient" as the top adjective for the U.S. government...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Numbers: Dec. 27, 1999 | 12/27/1999 | See Source »

...Percentage who chose "bureaucratic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Numbers: Dec. 27, 1999 | 12/27/1999 | See Source »

...most Harvard students, checking a box for race on the application was a simple task. Yet in 1998, the most current year for which statistics are available, 16 percent of undergraduates chose to identify themselves as "other" or "unknown," according to the Harvard University Fact Book. Due to the paucity of multiracial or biracial students' organizations at Harvard, these students are left searching for a place to fit in. If they want to get involved with an ethnic organization, they must choose which aspect of their heritage to identify with. It is appalling that in a diverse college community like...

Author: By Lorrayne S. Ward, | Title: Finding a Space for Multiracial Students | 12/21/1999 | See Source »

...Tudjman grew up to be a supporter of the Croatian Peasants' Party--a moderate leftist party concerned with the poverty of people living in the rural parts of Croatia. As World War II struck and a minority of Croatians supported the puppet state erected by the Nazis, Tudjman chose to battle the fascists instead. He joined the Yugoslav Partisans and fought in the war on the side of the Allies. Thus, in Tudjman's death, Europe has lost its last leader who actively fought against fascism...

Author: By Berislav Marusic, | Title: 'The Croatian George Washington' | 12/20/1999 | See Source »

...home network, I chose 3Com's HomeConnect Home Network Kit ($149), which allowed me to link my two machines and modem via telephone wire. Note: you'll need to open up each PC and drop in a PCI card, which used to make me nervous back when I wasn't so shallow and pathetic. Now I enjoy doing stuff like that. It makes me feel manly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Blazing Modems | 12/20/1999 | See Source »

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