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Word: methodic (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...would-be mother douches many days before or after having sex. It also doesn't matter whether women use commercial douches, mix vinegar and water or use plain water. But as TIME's Janice Horowitz cautions: "This doesn't mean that women should consider douching as their method of birth control. It's nowhere close to 100 percent effective." Jenifer Mattos

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Study: Douching Delays Conception | 6/19/1996 | See Source »

...just rest there. He must turn the cable guy into a victim of TV addiction--all he knows about life he learned as a neglected child parked in front of the tube. When its stupid pieties don't work in real life, he embraces its other method of problem solving: violence. Hard even for Carrey to riff under that weight; his director, Ben Stiller, is more awed than helpful. Aiming, perhaps, for a neat double helix of black humor and prankishness, they've ended up with a pretty ugly granny knot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: TWISTED WIRE: CABLE GUY IS AS CONTORTED AS A JIM CARREY FACE | 6/17/1996 | See Source »

...addition, Adelstein says that Tosteson's method of organizing his office is praiseworthy, though it often gets lost in the dean's other accomplishments...

Author: By Valerie J. Macmillan, | Title: Outgoing Tosteson Is As Kind As He Is Smart, Colleagues Say | 6/6/1996 | See Source »

...think he has indicated a rather unique way to organize the medical school--by having a clear categorization of responsibilities," he says. "It's not talked about as much, but I think his method of organizing the dean's office as a center of a medical community is very good...

Author: By Valerie J. Macmillan, | Title: Outgoing Tosteson Is As Kind As He Is Smart, Colleagues Say | 6/6/1996 | See Source »

...from? Someone certainly seems to think that seniors have plenty of extra cash sitting around. By June, every student has received at least one mailing from the Senior Class Gift. This fund-raising campaign, organized by seniors to aid the University's general fund, uses an unpleasant if effective method of solicitation. While most seniors are asked to give whatever they can, the gift organizers appeal to a small number of wellheeled students for gifts of $250 or more. How do the organizers know who can give the big bucks? They use an incredibly reliable method known as word...

Author: By Daniel Altman, | Title: The Costs Of Commencement | 6/6/1996 | See Source »

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