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Word: dampness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Many come to the center because they are young and unemployed. Women occasionally arrive to seek shelter from domestic abuse, while children, turned out from home, seek refuge from the damp Friday night streets...

Author: By James P. Mcfadden, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: In Boston's South End, Salvation Army Finds a Home | 2/17/1999 | See Source »

...saying?" Roger sees. But the rumors are out there already; a local Internet gossip sheet is adding new details almost daily. Quickly, the city's white business interests and black leadership huddle and come up with a plan. The only person who can defuse or at least damp down this problem is...Charlie Croker...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Tom Wolfe: A Man In Full | 11/2/1998 | See Source »

...This is really gross--is this sweat?" Sameera complains, looking down at the damp face guard...

Author: By Evelyn H. Sung, | Title: RAINBOW WARRIOR | 10/22/1998 | See Source »

Choose one that lets you get off and tour the islands--some were used for military operations in the Civil War and George's Island, the site of Fort Warren which held about 2000 Confederate prisoners during the war, contains a network of damp, dark tunnels which you can explore. The islands comprise Boston Harbor Island State Park...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WHEN THE DAYS GET LONG, CAMBRIDGE HEATS UP AND... | 6/19/1998 | See Source »

Cinematic homages abound in the new Godzilla. There are obvious ones to King Kong (with Broderick as the Fay Wray equivalent); then there is the constant damp a la Blade Runner and Alien; an extended attempt to outdo the Jurassic Park raptors; even a wink at the Coneheads ("Where'd you find that guy?" "He's from France"). Critical reaction at early screenings has been mixed. But for a surefire blockbuster like this, reviewers be damned! The film even taunts the critics with a brazen in-joke: the mayor of New York City is a hothead named Ebert, whose campaign...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: What In The Name Of Godzilla...? | 5/25/1998 | See Source »

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