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Word: musts (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Among the many provisions of the act was a provision requiring state child support offices to establish paternity in the birth of out-of-wedlock children receiving welfare. States must make progress towards establishing the father in 90 percent of these children, or else lose massive amounts of federal welfare money paid out in block grants...

Author: By Daniel P. Mosteller, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Father's Role Essential, Panel Says | 10/20/1999 | See Source »

...Harvard student hangs an "Austin Powers" poster on his wall. Boldly assuming that the Harvard student's a pretty smart guy and "Austin Powers" a pretty stupid movie, one must ask why the student would choose to decorate his room in this manner. A genuine and deep admiration of the film, perhaps? A way of appropriating a little of the movie's popularity for his own? A way of holding onto a receding childhood through childishness...

Author: By Aaron K. Roth, | Title: The Importance of Irony | 10/20/1999 | See Source »

...kings. They are small because their divine right descends from small gods, gods with names like Wealth, Fame and Power. These are imperious gods of last resort, but the only ones left standing. These are not in themselves bad gods and they certainly are not new gods either. One must judge a deity by its martyrs. Many might die for democracy; very few, I think, for the 106th Congress. And how must a courtier live? He must survive by intrigue and scant trust, through deference to the king and his gods, by keeping out of the fields...

Author: By Aaron K. Roth, | Title: The Importance of Irony | 10/20/1999 | See Source »

...they turn 13. That, according to the Federal Trade Commission, is the new rule of Internet advertising. On Wednesday, the FTC passed down some serious restrictions to online marketers? maneuvers: Beginning in April, any information solicited online from a child under 13 ? say, from a toy company?s site ? must be accompanied by parental consent. The form of consent will vary depending on what the marketers intend to do with the information; if it?s for that toy company?s sole consumption, a e-mail and a follow-up phone call to the parents will fulfill the requirements. If, however...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Psst! Hey, Kid — Want Some Free E-mail? | 10/20/1999 | See Source »

...could not truly assess the council and feel right about harshly judging its activities until I first became involved. It simply isn't right to give up on an institution because of limited information and a pervasive campus prejudice. In order to be fair in criticizing, I decided I must first try to change what I perceived to be wrong...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Letters | 10/19/1999 | See Source »

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