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Word: courtly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...some reason, Southern Californians confuse primping with pumping coifed hair. The locker room is everyone's own royal court, and you can bare as much as you dare every day of the week. Don't fret about being modest--this will wane within a few months, and you'll be wrapping your only towel around your head instead of your torso...

Author: By Jordana R. Lewis, | Title: California Knows How to Exercise | 11/29/1999 | See Source »

Lehigh (1-2) jumped out to a 14-2 lead seven minutes into the game. Employing a full-court press, the Mountain Hawks forced the Crimson ballhandlers into poor interior passing and in general were quicker to the ball than Harvard. Going inside didn't work either as 6'10 Lehigh junior Sah-U-Ra Brown had three of his four blocks in the first half...

Author: By Rahul Rohatgi, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: M. Basketball Scores 50 in Second Half to Top Lehigh, 72-62 | 11/29/1999 | See Source »

...Crusaders, with raw rookie Jerz running the floor, turned the ball over four different ways on four straight possessions--they failed to inbound the ball inside of five seconds, traveled, double-dribbled and threw away a pass in the half-court...

Author: By Daniel G. Habib, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Clemente's 32 Leads M. Basketball Past Holy Cross, 80-69 | 11/24/1999 | See Source »

...country in a coup. But stabilizing military rule demands that any challenge from Nawaz's supporters be neutralized, and charging him with capital offenses serves as a warning to any challengers to General Musharraf. Unfortunately for Nawaz, thus far the general is way ahead of him in the court of public opinion. Ordinary Pakistanis who've watched successive civilian administrations riddle the country with corruption have for the most part applauded the military's takeover. And that means Nawaz may be inside for quite a while...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pakistan's Nawaz: Jailed, Deposed and Disoriented | 11/22/1999 | See Source »

...task on specific policy issues. Forbes has hinted at his disagreements with Bush, but last night was a direct and frontal assault from Forbes, and it gives us a sense of the kind of battle we'll see between these two in Iowa." And far from enjoying his home-court advantage, Arizona senator McCain looked vaguely uneasy in the bright lights - perhaps still nursing his wounds from Arizona governor Jane Hull's endorsement of you-know...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: There's Something About George W. | 11/22/1999 | See Source »

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