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Word: generality (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...self-proclaimed Team Tag-along--my blockmates Shelli L. Calland and Kyle R. Freeny. Up until now, they've been maintaining a home base in my room, tidying up the common room should Tad return, and selecting ideal outfits for the night ahead. They offer moral support and general enthusiasm for the final 10 parties, and they excitingly join our troop...

Author: By Lisa J. Powell, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Just Can't Get Enough: One Night, 15 Parties | 12/9/1999 | See Source »

Most eager-beaver first-years, no matter how high their high school G.P.A., their number of varsity letters, their impressive executive club leadership titles and general well-roundedness, question the accuracy of the admissions selection process. Marlyn McGrath Lewis '70-'73, director of admissions, asserts that no Harvard students are "mistakes." But that doesn't mean mistakes can't still happen--especially this year...

Author: By V.c. Hallett, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Make No Mistake | 12/9/1999 | See Source »

...former U.N. Secretary-General was named Boutros Boutros-Ghali. If elected, would you name yourself Sterling-Sterling Darling...

Author: By FM Staff, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Throwing a Curve Ball: FM Asks the U.C. Presidential Candidates Questions They Never Expected. | 12/9/1999 | See Source »

...Harvard, he lays out desserts at Kirkland and races to the connecting hallway. From there he pushes a stack of plates to the Eliot dining hall. Then, he starts cleaning, or acting on someoneis request, or issuing orders himself. One Saturday, Luis declared, "Today, I'm the general manger." On Saturdays and Sundays, the managers come in only for five minutes or so, to make the payroll. "It's hard, because I have to do my job, and also tell other people what they should be doing...

Author: By Tim Warren, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Working to Seguir: Luis Alberto | 12/9/1999 | See Source »

...move covers the same legal ground that the states' attorneys general used in suing Big Tobacco to recover Medicare costs. In recent months Clinton's even evoked that old quadruped, Joe Camel, in attacking gun ads that promote crime-friendly features like fingerprint-proof handles. But the White House isn't necessarily after gun manufacturers' wallets. "While a big money settlement like the one with tobacco would be nice," notes TIME senior political writer Adam Cohen, "I think the President really wants behavioral control." That includes manufacturing safer guns, such as "smart guns," which can only be fired by their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Clinton Fires Warning Shots to Gun Makers | 12/8/1999 | See Source »

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