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Word: particularized (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
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...them? I'm not familiar, really, with the modern music. Well, I don't really listen to music. If I switch on the radio and hear some nice classical music, I will sit and listen to it but I don't sort of play records or go for any particular type of music...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Vera Lynn: Britain's 92-Year-Old Pop Sensation | 9/22/2009 | See Source »

That theory is far from certain. While it's clear that humans absorb weak radiation through handsets (the EWG report noted the particular vulnerability of children, whose skulls, according to a French study, absorb twice as much cell-phone radiation as those of adults), what's not clear is whether that radiation causes harm. Scientists are waiting for the publication of a $30 million, 14,000-person international study called Interphone, which is meant to nail down the answer once and for all. But the study ended in 2006 and its authors are still squabbling over the interpretation of their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cell-Phone Radiation Risks: Why the Jury's Still Out | 9/22/2009 | See Source »

...convoys" What are they? As we travel through life, we're surrounded by intimates and consequential strangers who make the journey with us. Some of them go the whole distance, usually our intimates, and others are there for specific periods of time - whether it's because you have a particular job, because you're interested in a particular subject or because you have a crisis in your life such as illness. My feeling is that it's important to look at your life as a cavalcade of people, not just a series of events, because then...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Importance of Consequential Strangers | 9/22/2009 | See Source »

...cheaper,” said Harvard student Michelle B. Nguyen ’13, who was born in Vietnam and attended high school in Singapore. William R. Fitzsimmons ’67, dean of admissions and financial aid, noted the dramatic increase in applicants from China in particular. At a mere 50 applicants a decade ago, application numbers from the world’s most populous country rose each year, peaking with the Class of 2012, which saw 484 applicants from China. This past year, 417 Chinese students bid for spots in the Class of 2013. “Certainly...

Author: By Julie M. Zauzmer, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Asian Schools Draw More Locals | 9/22/2009 | See Source »

...stakes are even higher for some students who were guaranteed housing, particularly for the thesis writers. FlyBy received word that now, some of Harvard's most devoted agents of pure and practical academic inquiry must now submit roughly a one-page-long proposal outlining their particular thesis projects AND (and this is a big AND) the specific resources they will need on campus...

Author: By James K. Mcauley | Title: Less Room for Thesis Writers? | 9/22/2009 | See Source »

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