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Word: paled (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...does a playa such a Kavazovic advise that the Harvard name be dropped? "I have an evil technique," he says excitedly as his pinkie flies to the corner of mouth, and his eyebrows arch in a pale imitation of Austen Powers' Dr. Evil. He explains. "I don't say it unless I absolutely have to. If a girl probes enough that I have to say it, that means that I already have her attention and the H-bomb takes her home...

Author: By Pam Wasserstein, | Title: On the Town | 4/24/1998 | See Source »

When fighting erupts, Brother Bill has his routine down pat. From his Evanston home, it's a 35-min. drive to Cabrini. En route, he pulls on his robe and begins prayer. Upon arriving, he walks briskly to the scene, where the shooting has usually already begun. His pale blue robe aflutter, he stands in the center of gang gunfire. He says he can hear the crack of guns from snipers in the buildings as well as see shooters running on the ground or ducking in and out of entryways. But thoughts of his safety never cross his mind...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In The Line Of Fire | 4/20/1998 | See Source »

...time spring break rolled around, I was a sorry sight. All the hours I had spent indoors trying to churn out my thesis made me an even whiter shade of pale. My late night diet consisted of oreos that I washed down with Pepsi. Upon our final meeting, my adviser stopped in his tracks to ask me if I was all right. "You don't look so good," he told me. But all this did not matter when one thought came into my head--BAHAMAS...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HALCYON DAYS | 4/16/1998 | See Source »

...digital revolution that burns so brightly today is likely to pale in comparison to the revolution in biotechnology that is just beginning. Physicist Stephen Hawking, speaking at the White House last month on science in the next millennium, pointed out that for the past 10,000 years there has been no significant change in our human DNA. But over the next hundred years, we will be able and tempted to tinker. No doubt we'll make some improvements and some mistakes. We'll encode our dreams and vanities and hubris. We'll clone ourselves, we'll custom-design our kids...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Our Century...And The Next One | 4/13/1998 | See Source »

...look at the amount of money we spent for these great, grand, beautiful buildings," the salaries for directors pale in comparison he said...

Author: By Jason T. Benowitz, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Council Approves More Funding for After-School Activities | 4/8/1998 | See Source »

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