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Word: fittingly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Kicking off a well-intended literacy drive, she offended West Virginians' pride by stating that while shopping she often had to help others read food labels. She said that half a million of the state's residents are functionally illiterate; according to the Department of Education, only 200,000 fit that description. Her typical all-black attire, along with ponytail and multiple ear ornaments, seemed quite un-first ladylike...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: OH! MADAME FIRST LADY! | 7/31/1995 | See Source »

Stanley Hoffmann, who was named C. DouglasDillon Professor of the Civilization of France in1980 after Wylie's retirement, called Wylie "aremarkable man, quite unique, He didn't fit intoany academic category...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: French Scholar Wylie Dies at 85 | 7/28/1995 | See Source »

...rumor mill went into overdrive, accusing Klipfel in particular of everything from dealing cocaine to sleeping with a drug dealer. Yes, declares Klipfel with weary sarcasm, "I try to fit it all in. I'm a supermom...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ATF UNDER SIEGE | 7/24/1995 | See Source »

...crutched in sideways, I realized that I had stumbled upon a room which was no more than a supply closet with a toilet. In fact, not only were the facilities for the "handicapped people" dirty and without a sink, there was absolutely no way that a wheelchair could have fit inside...

Author: By Corinne E. Funk, | Title: Adding Insult to Injury | 7/18/1995 | See Source »

...truly is a quagmire," he said. "No matterwhich way you turn, there's a new problem. Youcan't always fit a square block into a roundhole...

Author: By Valerie J. Macmillan, | Title: Terrorism's Evolution Subject of IOP Lecture | 7/14/1995 | See Source »

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