Word: heard
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...were not in a position to have any children," she says. "I saw Paul VI as representative of a very conservative Vatican. Obviously these people weren't out in the trenches." Like many American Catholics, Betty and Ed embraced a concept extolled by liberal American clerics: "We heard, 'a matter of conscience,'" she says, "and we declared birth control to be one. We would decide it according to our own good consciences and the Pope could go...be a Pope...
...When I heard last week that J. Peterman was filing for bankruptcy, I searched for a predictable joke in the Peterman style...
...says Hilfiger. "Hip-hop has created a style that is embraced by an array of people from all backgrounds and races." However, fans are wary of profiteers looking to sell them back their own culture. Says Michael Sewell, 23, a white congressional staff member and rap fan: "I've heard rap used in advertising, and I think it's kind of hokey--kind of a goofy version of the way old white men perceive...
...Heard the one about the common shampoo ingredient that causes cancer? Or how about the epidemic of blindness among toddlers who accidentally get waterproof sunscreen in their eyes? These absurd fictions used to be the stock-in-trade of ninth-graders bent on frightening the younger kids. But now such tall tales are appearing on the Internet, and many adults are taking them seriously...
SEARCH FOR SONGS ONLINE If you've heard of CD-quality music on the Web but aren't sure where to find it, a new search feature on Lycos lycos.com can get you started. Simply enter the name of a song or music group, then let the search engine scour some 1,000 sites with more than half a million songs stored in the MP3 format. One warning: some songs available online are pirated, and downloading them is illegal...