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Word: hones (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Proper execution of the offense should be a priority for the players and coaches, but Harvard has shown it can win--and win convincingly--despite its errors. If Harvard can hone its offensive prowess, B.U. might be in for a very unpleasant visit...

Author: By Eduardo Perez-giz, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: W. Cagers Seeking Revenge | 11/20/1997 | See Source »

...Redux and fenfluramine are too powerful for the body to handle--a proposition not fully accepted by some doctors despite the FDA and manufacturers' action--research into serotonin-boosting drugs is hardly slowing down. If anything, the discovery of a new set of side effects will spur researchers to hone their pharmacological handiwork even more, to create medicines that will not just fine-tune the way serotonin is used in the brain but might target specific serotonin receptors as well or act on only specific parts of the brain and nervous system...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE MOOD MOLECULE | 9/29/1997 | See Source »

...should be obvious that aspiring opponents of this new and radical philosophy were given ample opportunity to hone their skills refuting all these unpopular ideas. But what is the best that Ayn Rand's critics at this august institution can throw at her? Objectivism is lumped in with conservatism, as if Ayn Rand's vision of man as a rational, productive, heroic being were compatible with the conservative vision of a wretched sinner who will sacrifice himself for the needy willingly if the government will just let him. Objectivists are caricatured as blind followers, as if being convinced...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Attack Against Objectivist Club Unfounded | 2/10/1997 | See Source »

...intention to bash the government department. If nothing else, my experiences in government classes have taught me how to think in an organized and systematic fashion, thus allowing me to hone a skill which I will carry with me and utilize no matter what path my life takes. However, one can learn how to think in a botany class, a digital circuits class, or a psychology class all without the aggressive and adversarial undertones which pervade my department. In short, being a hunter is far more unpleasant than it needs to be, if it needs...

Author: By Gil Seinfeld, | Title: The `Hunter-Gatherer' Theory of Classes | 11/25/1996 | See Source »

Instead of focusing on the road, their eyes hone in on roadside activity...

Author: By Courtney A. Coursey, | Title: A Night in the Life of Harvard Police Officers | 11/9/1996 | See Source »

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