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Word: debunking (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Bottom line: no matter how official an e-mail looks, be wary. Check the company's website--many firms like Microsoft and Honda debunk myths on their home pages. Personally, I take note of spelling and grammar in suspect mail. Hoax authors do not appear to be the biggest fans of dictionaries...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Don't Be E-Hoaxed | 11/8/1999 | See Source »

...while the panel was called "Uses and Abuses of the ADA," all four panelists tried to debunk the notion that disabled people abuse the statute...

Author: By Rachel P. Kovner, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Disability Act Inadequate, Panel Claims | 10/29/1999 | See Source »

Through phonathons, mailings and even week-long recruiting trips, the student coordinators work to debunk myths about Harvard's homogeneity...

Author: By Rosalind S. Helderman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Drawing Them In | 12/14/1998 | See Source »

MAIL THAT AGAIN? Netizens, it seems, are no less gullible than the rest of us. This week the Justice Department was forced to debunk a widely circulated e-mail suggesting African Americans would lose the right to vote in 2007. A brief study of rumor and effect in cyberspace...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Dec. 14, 1998 | 12/14/1998 | See Source »

...group did a laudable job, even managing to sneak Winnie the Pooh in between Heart of Darkness and Their Eyes Were Watching God. But they should be aware that in creating their own list, they are contributing to the success of the very project that they are trying to debunk...

Author: By Erwin R. Rosinberg, | Title: The Top 100 Novels...or Marketing Ploys? | 10/21/1998 | See Source »

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