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Word: laser (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
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Well, the Concert Commission must not have done a good job cleaning up those boys because they looked pretty damn greasy up on stage later that night. Next to all that laser light and steam clouds, they nearly glistened...

Author: By Esther I. Yi | Title: That Guy from Ratatat Takes a Shower | 4/19/2009 | See Source »

...after its founders have graduated, the spirit of friendly Democrat-Republican rivalry will remain. Motley said he plans to publicize the paintball brawl to incoming freshman during a debate between the Democrats and Republicans on prefrosh weekend, while Garber said that the Democrats and Republicans are considering organizing a laser tag event for next year as well...

Author: By Evan T. R. Rosenman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: HRC Trounces Dems in “Paintball Brawl” | 4/6/2009 | See Source »

...Nobel prize in 1997 for his work on cooling atoms with laser lights, comes from a family of academic high achievers—both parents attended M.I.T. and his brothers hold degrees from Princeton and Harvard Law School...

Author: By Athena Y. Jiang and June Q. Wu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Energy Secretary To Speak at Commencement | 4/3/2009 | See Source »

...pleasure to welcome and hear from him on Commencement day.” Chu graduated from the University of Rochester in 1970 before going on to receive a Ph.D from the University of California, Berkeley. He won a Nobel prize in 1997 for his work cooling atoms with laser lights. He was confirmed for his cabinet post by the U.S. Senate in January. Chu had previously served as a head of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and as a professor at Stanford and Berkeley The Harvard Alumni Association chooses the speaker. —Check TheCrimson.com for updates throughout...

Author: By Athena Y. Jiang, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Energy Secretary To Headline Commencement Ceremonies | 4/2/2009 | See Source »

...claim that if you scratch the top part of a CD, where the label is, it's actually worse than if you scratch the bottom. Yes, it's surprising, isn't it? The laser looks through the clear bit, so we assume that's the delicate side. But actually, because of the way they're made - you start off with this lump of clear plastic and then you stick the foil on it, and then you stick a label on top of that - it's much thinner on the label side than it is on the other side...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why S___ Happens | 3/23/2009 | See Source »

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