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Word: drapes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Donning a real sword for Halloween, junior Kwame van Leeuwen, a world championship fencer, appropriately chose to be Zorro, the master of drape swinging and savior for those in distress...

Author: By Hillary T. Coyne, | Title: Mather's Own Zorro: | 11/5/1993 | See Source »

Flames erupted when a drape wrapped around a light bulb ignited. 'Poonsters had earlier put the drape around a wall-mounted chandelier to keep it away from a window...

Author: By Amanda C. Pustilnik, | Title: Blaze Strikes Lampoon | 6/10/1993 | See Source »

David J. Kennedy '93 and William C. Wu '94 quickly doused the drape with water to put out the fire...

Author: By Amanda C. Pustilnik, | Title: Blaze Strikes Lampoon | 6/10/1993 | See Source »

...when the Cambridge Fire Department arrived on the scene, the fire was already out. Firefighters put two large fans in the building to blow away the unusual amount of smoke caused by the plastic-lined, crimson drape. 'Poonsters had been entertaining alumni earlier yesterday in the room...

Author: By Amanda C. Pustilnik, | Title: Blaze Strikes Lampoon | 6/10/1993 | See Source »

...dwindled to just 20%. His followers counter that support for the president still runs as high as 80%. That sounds wildly optimistic, but there is no denying that the beleaguered president has his ardent advocates. The throngs that gather daily outside Gamsakhurdia's parliamentary refuge, packed mostly with women, drape banners that read DEAR ZVIAD. WE ARE WITH...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Soviet Union: Paranoia Run Amuck | 9/30/1991 | See Source »

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