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Word: cottoned (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Many council representatives rejected this idea because they said the free popcorn, sno-cones and cotton candy are an important part of Springfest...

Author: By Jason T. Benowitz, | Title: Council Allots Another $8,000 For Springfest | 3/17/1997 | See Source »

...Last year, just to see peoples' faces light up when they saw the cotton candy, I think it's worth it," said Tally Zingher '99, a council representative. "It's what we should be doing...

Author: By Jason T. Benowitz, | Title: Council Allots Another $8,000 For Springfest | 3/17/1997 | See Source »

Thomas B. Cotton is a sophomore living in Adams House...

Author: By Thomas B. Cotton, | Title: Self-Made at Harvard | 3/15/1997 | See Source »

Books are decaying rapidly today because "a tree had more to it than a cotton ball," says Merrill-Oldam. The problem is that wood contains lignin, the substance that causes newsprint even today to decay and yellow within a matter of weeks if left...

Author: By Matthew W. Granade, | Title: Humidity Decaying Widener's Volumes | 3/7/1997 | See Source »

...lignin, but in the process they often reintroduced other decants and acids. In the '50s and '60s, paper was sized-smoothed out for writing--with acidic salts--another decant. It was not until the 70s that mills were reengineered to manufacture alkaline paper, which, like paper made from cotton rags, has an extremely long life...

Author: By Matthew W. Granade, | Title: Humidity Decaying Widener's Volumes | 3/7/1997 | See Source »

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