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Word: particularized (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...typical advertiser is usually widowed or divorced and seeking a long-term relationship, Mintz says, adding that the average 30-word ad is tailored for a "particular clientele...

Author: By Allison L. Jernow, | Title: Harvard Magazine Personals: Finding Love in the Veritas | 4/5/1986 | See Source »

...just how many of the roughly 30 advertisers in a particular issue end up with that perfect Ivy League match...

Author: By Allison L. Jernow, | Title: Harvard Magazine Personals: Finding Love in the Veritas | 4/5/1986 | See Source »

...Marcos family, one suspects, manage to spend the billions of dollars they plundered from the Philippines. As easily could Khedive Ismail labor through his harem of 3,000 women. (It is perhaps just as well that Ismail's champagne overdose spared him the exhaustion of trying to scale that particular Everest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: The Shoes of Imelda Marcos | 3/31/1986 | See Source »

William Snow (Kingsley) and Neaera Duncan (Jackson) are turtle lovers, particular admirers of three large sea turtles housed in a small display case at the nearby zoo. They think that the turtles, denizens of their cramped quarters for nearly 30 years, should be freed and released to their more comfortable natural home...

Author: By Daniel B. Wroblewski, | Title: By the Seashore | 3/21/1986 | See Source »

Since I had last read this book as a high-school senior, a strong sense of obscene irony caused me to leaf through it. One passage in particular stood out: "Sections are an integral and rewarding part of life at Harvard...

Author: By Benjamin N. Smith, | Title: A Section in Hell | 3/18/1986 | See Source »

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