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Word: humanity (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...when I say that it's bad that we're bowling alone, I mean that as human beings--physical and social--things don't work as well when we don't have that connection...

Author: By Alicia A. Carrasquillo, Sarah L. Gore, and Samuel Hornblower, S | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Bowling with Prof. Putnam | 11/4/1999 | See Source »

...flight of fancy that includes flukemen, flesh-eating viruses and disastrous trips into the woods (kind of like FOP). It may be an escapist principle, but I think the feeling is universal. Alien invasions, ghosts, monsters, things that go bump in the night--these concepts are intrinsic to human nature. Every civilization throughout history has incorporated some sort of variation on the theme into their cultural folklore. The Greeks had their multitude of gods and monsters, the Mayans had their "strange men from the stars," the citizens of Salem had their witches. I come from a community in New Jersey...

Author: By Alixandra E. Smith, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Endpaper: X-Static! | 11/4/1999 | See Source »

...Also, I wouldn't wear something with that prominent of a label. I try not to be a human billboard...

Author: By Alicia A. Carrasquillo, Sarah L. Gore, and Samuel Hornblower, S | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Shopping with Prof. Schor | 11/4/1999 | See Source »

...Nigerian economy's addiction to petroleum has led to a series of unfortunate compromises in the not-too-distant past, including environmental degradation, rampant human rights abuses and urban degeneration. These are not problems unique to Nigeria, but the world is watching how Nigeria handles a renewed voucher for democracy...

Author: By Dele Ogunseitan, | Title: Na Democracy Man Go Chop? | 11/3/1999 | See Source »

...pleasure center of a rat's brain and the rat is given access to a lever that causes a discharge to the electrode, the animal will pull down on the lever again and again and again until it dies from hunger and exhaustion. No animal has the human capacity for self-control. But then, sadly, neither does any other animal have our gift for rationalization...

Author: By Alejandro Jenkins, | Title: On the Subject of Blasphemy | 11/3/1999 | See Source »

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