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Word: overcook (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Locking criminals up may be an effective punishment, but it may push criminals farther away from mainstream society, prisoners say. "It's like putting a man in a microwave," says Mack. "He'll overcook...

Author: By Michael E. Wall, | Title: When Worlds Collide: Tutoring in Prisons | 5/4/1988 | See Source »

Julia H. Flanders '87 says she frequently cooks couscous in her room in Quincy House, and claims to know its properties well. "Couscous is pretty hard to destroy, but its not a good food to mass produce, because it's easy to overcook," she says...

Author: By Amy N. Ripich, | Title: Coucous Innovations | 3/5/1986 | See Source »

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