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Word: nearly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Near the finish line, the streets start toflood with bystanders...

Author: By Stephanie K. Clifford, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Boston Marathon At a Glance | 4/17/1998 | See Source »

...other movie, we would hate young Will Hunting. His perfection would be nothing short of irritating and boring. Yet Harvard golden boy Matt Damon sheds layer upon layers of complexity until finally we reach the core of his character near the movie's end. The film itself is nothing particularly exceptional. Director Gus Van Sant prefers a straight-up telling of the tale--there's little to distract you from the fable playing out on screen. --Soman S. Chainani...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Brevitas | 4/17/1998 | See Source »

...seem to wear the shirt more than women. We wrote off the comment, assuming it was because guys don't do their laundry as often. But it isn't. It's about fit. Those of us who are 5'1" and female find that the shirt hangs somewhere near the kneecaps. It makes a great nightshirt. Much like the shirt, the Harvard education is about adapting the less than ideal for our own purposes. So as you ponder the future of Radcliffe, remember she provides the shirt that helps you better understand your Harvard education...

Author: By Elizabeth S. Zuckerman, | Title: DO WE STILL GET THE SHIRTS? | 4/17/1998 | See Source »

Rosen said Hillel posted flyers and put table tents in its eating area to inform guests of Hillel's upcoming activities. Several posters explaining the biblical significance of Passover were also placed near the eternal meal line...

Author: By Jason T. Benowitz, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Hillel Draws Student, Local Crowds for Holiday Meals | 4/17/1998 | See Source »

...story takes place in the near future, when New York residents live underground and travel via personal subway cars because of a fatally potent sun. The protagonist, fourteen-year-old Pella Marsh, leaves for a recently discovered planet with her two younger brothers and her father after her mother dies. The family moves into a small colony, a town in the making, where Americans live among the planet's indigenous inhabitants, the Archbuilders. Pella eventually becomes infected by a virus that enables her to spy unnoticed on other colonists. As the plot progresses, she develops a controlling attraction for Efram...

Author: By Andres A. Ramos, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Identity and Ambiguity: Letham's Portrait of the West | 4/17/1998 | See Source »

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