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Word: grossness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...There used to be cockroaches running around there, too, which was pretty gross," Shen says. "We're sharing the space with another group and cockroaches, so it's not ideal...

Author: By Joyce K. Mcintyre, Kevin E. Meyers, and Robert K. Silverman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: College Space, Policies Fail Student Groups | 3/15/1999 | See Source »

Only Ireland can celebrate Maewyn Succat, a.k.a. St. Patty, better than Boston. And besides just being gross, kissing John Harvard's toe doesn't quite carry the cache of kissing the Blarney Stone. Luckily (no pun intended), computer technology can help: start your St. Patrick's Day observance by exploring a next-best computer simulated Blarney-smooching experience at the Top O' the Morning Web site in the St. Patrick's Day Webring. It's hygenic and may bring good luck! http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Fields/2142/ StPat.html. FREE...

Author: By St. Paddys, | Title: WEDNESDAY MAR 17 | 3/11/1999 | See Source »

...since her career as a singularly dedicated lawyer was effectively ended by her conviction for colluding with a con-artist client to subvert her profession and violate the law. She spent years in prison after refusing to testify against this con man and only began to speak of the gross injustice Because this peculiar, intractable lawyer is the heroine of Janet Malcolm's new journalistic essay, The Crime of Sheila McGough, the book has a fascinating mystery at its heart: the search for truth in the shadows of the legal system. Malcolm is an excellent and witty tour guide through...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Malcolm Convicts with Innocent Pleasure | 3/5/1999 | See Source »

...basic problem with these lawsuits is that they represent a gross misuse of the judiciary. While the Constitution assigns Congress the power of legislation, it is the courts' duty to evaluate the constitutionality of such legislation and to apply...

Author: By Joshua S. Carson, | Title: Don't Sue for Gun Control | 3/4/1999 | See Source »

Like the ancient Chinese, we believe that we inhabit the "middle kingdom"--everything that happens at Harvard is of the greatest importance, and everything above or below it is terra incognita. The population of this tiny kingdom consists solely of 18 to 22-year-olds. It has no gross national product; it knows no war or famine or natural disasters. Every year the kingdom banishes its eldest citizens, yet somehow manages to survive from generation to generation. How strange this all is, and how much like Paradise it seems! You taste the bitter fruit of Knowledge, and four years later...

Author: By Joshua Derman, | Title: A Hawk's Eye View of Harvard | 2/26/1999 | See Source »

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