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Word: mattered (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...riddled with problems that make its collapse inevitable, but unemployment has never been one of them. Mao Zedong's promise of the "iron rice bowl" was the traditional communist guarantee of full employment. However decrepit the economy might be, everyone would always have a job, no matter how economically redundant. You pretend to work and we pretend to pay you. And yet on Friday, even as portraits of Mao were driven through the streets of Beijing, 100 million Chinese face the prospect of joblessness with no social safety...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: At 50, China Cheers a Communism Mao Might Not Recognize | 10/1/1999 | See Source »

...best players in the NBA and the man best known for what Michael Jordan accomplished, reportedly is close to having his way and being traded from Houston to Portland. The Houston Chronicle and Portland Oregonian both reported the deal, with The Chronicle implying that it is just a matter of time...

Author: By Bryan Lee, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: BLee-ve It! | 10/1/1999 | See Source »

...expressed his feeling that no matter how hard he tries to keep up with the times, his 10 years away from the newsroom have left him out of touch. The Nieman Foundation, he wrote in his letter to the advisory board, is ready for "an upgrade...

Author: By David C. Newman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Nieman Curator to Step Down | 10/1/1999 | See Source »

...course, defining the "real world" and its "real people" can be sticky. Whose to say that the quality of mackerel and incestuous soap operas are more "real" than any of our daily concerns, especially for we seniors, for whom resume font size and Kaplan Review are no laughing matter...

Author: By Dafna V. Hochman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Remembering the Real World | 10/1/1999 | See Source »

...shooting hasn't been the best," Blaine said. "But I think it's just a matter of time before we start putting the ball...

Author: By Andrew P. Chung, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: W. Soccer Faces Penn, BYU at Harvard Invitational | 10/1/1999 | See Source »

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