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Word: failed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Many students fail to swipe their cards when they only want to grab a snack or some fruit...

Author: By Kiratiana E. Freelon, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Card Swipes Set HDS Grocery List | 3/2/1999 | See Source »

Like his fellow administrators, Michael J.Chmura, news director of HLS, said he feels therankings fail to reflect all pertinent features ofa school...

Author: By Robin M. Wasserman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard Tops U.S. News Grad. School Rankings | 3/2/1999 | See Source »

Though Taylor steers clear of personal revelations, he speaks engagingly about his often dark dances: "I get my energy, I think, from being afraid--being afraid to choreograph, being afraid to fail." There are no failures on display in Dancemaker, just a clear-eyed portrait of a great artist at work...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dance: Surefooted | 3/1/1999 | See Source »

...agree that maybe the test should be looked into, and I am open to the possibility that the test may be unfair, but I think The Crimson and other newspapers should put away their violins, stop playing their sad songs, and open themselves to the possibility that people are failing because they are unprepared, and they fail repeatedly because they do not invest the time and effort in order to make themselves prepared. MICHAEL V. ZINITI...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: In Defense of Teacher Testing | 2/25/1999 | See Source »

...agree that maybe the test should be looked into, and I am open to the possibility that the test may be unfair, but I think The Crimson and other newspapers should put away their violins, stop playing their sad songs, and open themselves to the possibility that people are failing because they are unprepared, and they fail repeatedly because they do not invest the time and effort in order to make themselves prepared...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Letters | 2/25/1999 | See Source »

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