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Word: comperes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...been thinking about the word "comp." It's a sinister word: it rhymes with "stomp" and "whomp." "Comper" sounds like my last name. During the news comp, I was called "Molly B. Comper" by some of the executives...

Author: By Molly B. Confer, | Title: The Season of Comptober | 10/8/1993 | See Source »

...managing editor told my parents during First-Year Parents' Weekend, "Molly is one of our rising stars!" As time passed, it became apparent that I wasn't one of their rising stars. As more time passed, it became apparent that they thought my name really was Molly B. Comper...

Author: By Molly B. Confer, | Title: The Season of Comptober | 10/8/1993 | See Source »

...thrill," said Mia Genoni `96, a prospective comper who said she was stunned not only by Mr. T's appearance but also his height. "He's shorter...much shorter," she said...

Author: By Lana Israel, | Title: `Mr. T' Visits Lampoon Castle | 9/30/1993 | See Source »

...Times. Hell, Molly wouldn't even give me gas money to get to Rhode Island, and the powers that be at the Crimson sure weren't going to give me some guinea-pig comper to mark up. So if I was going to get some dirt about tattooing, I would need to get one myself. I couldn't, after all, pretend that my dignity prohibited me from going under the needle. I'm already marked--thrice, as luck would have it: a pathetic whale on my right ankle, a David Smith sculpture (Voltri-Bolton I) on my left ankle...

Author: By Seth Mnookin, | Title: TATTOO YOU | 9/30/1993 | See Source »

...decided to live my first year at Harvard as a perpetual comper. The Independent, Crimson, WHRB, theater groups and many others. I was constantly trying out things, testing these groups and keeping myself from falling into niches at the same time, seeing what I liked...

Author: By Jason M. Solomon, | Title: Forget Finding the Niche; Be king of The Comp | 7/3/1992 | See Source »

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