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Word: inferiors (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...bundle of perpetual uncertainty and self-doubt, constantly feeling inferior due to his baby-face and five-foot-one stature yet blessed with keen insight and a genuine zest for life, a man who "loved life's details, relished even its absurdities, delighted in the oddity of human and animal culture, but simultaneously dreaded living." O'Donnell skillfully captures the post-modern existential plight: how to find yourself amidst confusion and chaos, how to live life in a way that is worth living. He writes with an original, sharp wit, turning no end of cleverly constructed phrases. He puts...

Author: By Leah A. Plunkett, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: We Wish You a Dysfunctional Christmas | 12/11/1998 | See Source »

...could have dismissed the inferior Cornell team, but instead everyone worked hard and played well," said freshman Carlin Wing...

Author: By David A. Roddenberry, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Squash Teams Cruise | 12/7/1998 | See Source »

...only campus eateries that have become infested with the plague of inferior beings. Next semester, we'll walk into that seminar "Limited to 15 students; preference given to Sanskrit concentrators" and start seething. Those ingrates from other departments are at it again--infesting our seminars, wasting precious office hours with our professors! Gong those gov jocks out the door...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DARTBOARD | 12/4/1998 | See Source »

...straight out of "Perry Mason," or at least a lesser "Matlock": Microsoft lawyer Tom Burt hectoring Sun VP (and Java creator) James Gosling and dissing the very same technology that Burt yesterday presented as a profound threat to the future of Redmond. Burt's refrain: Java is an inferior technology...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Microsoft Says Java's a Bitter Brew | 12/3/1998 | See Source »

...Harvard women's basketball team was in a generous mood over the holiday weekend. The Crimson allowed an inferior opponent to make a respectable showing on Saturday and then handed over a tournament championship yesterday. WOFFORD 72 HARVARD 76 MISSISSIPPI STATE 64 HARVARD...

Author: By Eduardo Perez-giz, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: W. Basketball Bitten by Bulldogs | 11/30/1998 | See Source »

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