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Word: facet (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...facet called for the city to provide links to any candidate," while the other prohibited all links on other Web sites to candidates, he said...

Author: By Edward B. Colby, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Council Considers Healy Contract | 9/15/1999 | See Source »

...principal trouble spots are the shock-absorbing disks between the vertebrae and the facet joints, at the back of each vertebrae, that act as brakes to rotation. Each disk is a round ligament, made up of an annulus, which is like a multilayered collagen basket that absorbs rotational stress, and a lighter-density liquid nucleus that absorbs compression. The layers of the annulus are woven for maximum absorption. But it doesn't take much to tear this basket. "You can tear the annulus with no more than 3[degrees] of sudden loaded rotation," Watkins says. "If the disk ruptures into...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sports Medicine: A Back-Saving Golf Swing | 7/5/1999 | See Source »

Snyder said great care was taken to ensure thatevery facet of the proposal had unanimous supportfrom the working group's members, and studentswere given the loudest voice in the group...

Author: By Victoria C. Hallett, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Penn Ends Alcohol Ban, Offers New Proposals | 4/29/1999 | See Source »

Another interesting facet of Williams is the Junior Advisor system, which is like the Residential Advisor system, but cooler, because they don't tell on you. First-year students live in "entries" which consist of about twenty first-years plus two Junior Advisors (JAs). JAs are chosen through a competitive process to act as big brothers and sisters for their entry. They probably won't beat you up like your older brother did, though...

Author: By Christine E. Fletcher, FEATURES EDITOR OF THE WILLIAMS RECORD | Title: Beautiful Boonies | 4/26/1999 | See Source »

Another interesting facet of Williams is the Junior Advisor system, which is like the Residential Advisor system, but cooler, because they don't tell on you. First-year students live in "entries" which consist of about twenty freshmen plus two Junior Advisors (JAs). JAs are chosen through a competitive process to act as big brothers and sisters for their entry. They probably won't beat you up like your older brother did, though...

Author: By Christine E. Fletcher, FEATURES EDITOR OF THE WILLIAMS RECORD | Title: Beautiful Boonies: Williams College | 4/26/1999 | See Source »

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