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Word: outgrows (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Though Jane's character is constantly worked on--even labored at--it is so insubstantial, so suppressed by its own struggle to define itself that Jane never appears to us as a real person. This is the novel's greatest setback: it doesn't manage to outgrow its fairy tale from. We have the castle, the king and the queen. We have the princess who doesn't fit into her role, who pretends to an identity of her own, who steps out of line. We have a sort of conflict, a sort of quest, and eventually our princes resolves...

Author: By Jerome L. Martin, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Floundering Pre-Meds Swim, Clumsily | 2/19/1999 | See Source »

Many parents acquire their first books even before the baby is born; What to Expect When You're Expecting (Workman) is a perennial favorite. Luckily, many parenting books are in inexpensive paperback editions; after all, kids rapidly outgrow such books, just as they outgrow clothes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Families: Parenting Books | 10/26/1998 | See Source »

...that's precisely my point. There is just no way to render the world absolutely safe for every child everywhere. Even if schools do institute a ban on peanuts, how do they enforce it? By posting a peanut-sniffing dog at every entrance? And since most children don't outgrow peanut allergies, what happens after graduation? The best way to deal with peanut allergies isn't by outlawing the crunchy little legumes--which are an excellent source of protein--but by doing some homework and taking a few crucial precautions to lessen the risk of injury...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Don't Ban Peanuts | 10/5/1998 | See Source »

...increase their strength and endurance, which are harder to spot. Look for a subtle but rapid change as the normal curves of fat that define the female form melt away. Longtime steroid users may lose their breasts entirely. Watch too for torn connective tissues. Steroids often cause muscles to outgrow and injure the tendons and ligaments that attach them to the bone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Girls on Steroids | 8/10/1998 | See Source »

...Marsha, Marsha, Marsha," alluding to his infamous appearance on another classic TV series, The Brady Bunch. Jones then invited fans to join the band in a sing along of The Brady Bunch theme song. The thousands of adults present proved that there are just some things one will never outgrow. Jones then followed with the song he serenaded Marsha Brady with in the series as well as in the 1995 movie remake in which The Monkees appeared...

Author: By Marc P. Resteghini, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: A Lesson in MIXology: Sponsor Good, Free Music and Fans Will Come | 10/17/1997 | See Source »

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