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Word: commitment (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...heard Europop duo Milli Vanilli, which had to relinquish its 1989 Grammy after it was revealed that the pretty boys had lip-synched their album; after reportedly overdosing on drugs and alcohol; near Frankfurt, Germany. Pilatus never really recovered from the humiliation: the following year he tried to commit suicide and later spent time in rehab after pleading no contest to assault charges...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Apr. 20, 1998 | 4/20/1998 | See Source »

...women more seriously. Pleasant as it is, I certainly should not have to go to Radcliffe to feel that my voice is being heard and respected by an administrator. Until Harvard is willing to engage female students in a real dialogue about how to improve our experience here and commit more resources to addressing the needs of women on its campus, this "Harvard woman"'s dollars will find themselves in someone else's pocket...

Author: By Stephanie I. Greenwood, | Title: Why We Can't Afford to Lose Radcliffe | 4/17/1998 | See Source »

What we should demand from politicians is integrity and honesty. I couldn't care less if Clinton has slept with women other than his wife. Although he is a public figure, the man has a right to privacy. I am more concerned about whether Clinton asked Lewinsky to commit perjury. If he did, then he is lacking in integrity and honesty. That makes him a person the American people cannot trust. But if all he is guilty of is a libido in overdrive, let's leave him in peace! FARHANA SHARMEEN Dhaka...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Apr. 13, 1998 | 4/13/1998 | See Source »

From the outset of his premiership, Churchill, half American by birth, had rested his hope of ultimate victory in U.S. intervention. He had established a personal relationship with President Roosevelt that he hoped would flower into a war-winning alliance. Roosevelt's reluctance to commit the U.S. beyond an association "short of war" did not dent his optimism. He always hoped events would work his way. The decision by Japan, Hitler's ally, to attack the American Pacific fleet at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, justified his hopes. That evening he confided to himself, "So we had won after...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Winston Churchill | 4/13/1998 | See Source »

David opens to the passage and begins reading. The passage lists all the things one must do to attain eternal life, and says that poor men have an easier time getting into heaven than rich men. David reads, "Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not smoke, do not steal...

Author: By Jonathan B. Stein, | Title: BUS STOP: | 4/9/1998 | See Source »

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