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Word: lose (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Love is an arbitrary world, were using the same win-lose analytical thinking that elsewhere leads to success usually proves fruitless. Kate and Tim, also not their real names, started going out at the end of last year. Kate complains, "I hate it, I hate that bullshit-overanalyzing about feelings, how you feel about liking each other, what that means, to what extent, the equality of liking--or inequality." Only recently have they simplified their approach and reaped the rewards; as Kate adds, "But does that even matter when it's just to date?" Tim explained that when...

Author: By Evelyn H. Sung, | Title: Hope for Harvard Yet | 3/5/1998 | See Source »

Overall, the Harvard team feels good about its chance to do well at Easterns but it will not lose its primary focus which is on the up coming NCAAs...

Author: By Kate B. Surman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: M. Swimming at Easterns | 3/5/1998 | See Source »

...there's this common misperception that it's not OK to lose your temper and attempt to attack someone physically, especially an authority figure. I've got as bad a temper as anyone else, so I'm pretty happy with that. Your TF screws you? Go to office hours and beat the hell out of him. It's all right after today's decision...

Author: By Bryan Lee, | Title: National Bonehead Association | 3/5/1998 | See Source »

...know, it's crazy," responded the woman. "It's disgusting. How about this poster: `By the year 2000, Americans will be spending $77 billion on weight-loss, or the entire GNP of Belgium.' Can you believe that we spend the worth of an entire small nation to lose weight? How warped is that...

Author: By Melissa L. Gibson, | Title: The Private Mantra | 3/5/1998 | See Source »

...stop participating, we stop acting in the world, too consumed by this private and shameful monologue of calories and thighs and pounds. In doing so, not only do we lose our agency and voice, but we also isolate ourselves from everyone else, including the others who keep repeating: my thighs are too fat, my breasts are too small, my tummy jiggles. Indeed, those others are many--the mantra is epidemic...

Author: By Melissa L. Gibson, | Title: The Private Mantra | 3/5/1998 | See Source »

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