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Word: passes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...most recent Massachusetts teacher certification tests showed dismal results--43 percent of first-time test takers failed to pass the test, according to results released Monday...

Author: By Barbara E. Martinez, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Three Harvard Students to Receive Bonus for Teaching | 5/26/1999 | See Source »

...that erupted in the Senate over gun control has been turned into something of a guerrilla war in the House. After indicating support Tuesday for the general outlines of the new Senate restrictions on guns, House Republican leaders on Wednesday moved to slow down a Democratic move to immediately pass those restrictions. By a 19 to 13 vote, the House Judiciary Committee shot down a Democratic attempt to force a vote on the gun measures this week, opting instead to study the proposals first and aim for a vote in mid-July. Democrats accused the GOP of holding the proposals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Battle Over Guns Slows Down in the House | 5/26/1999 | See Source »

...upscale department store chain Nordstrom's, for example, employees routinely pass out free beverages to weary shoppers and their spouses. Similarly, low-cost carrier Southwest Airlines encourages its ticket agents to joke with passengers waiting in line to board a delayed flight...

Author: By Scott A. resnick, | Title: May I Take Your Order | 5/21/1999 | See Source »

...upscale department store chain Nordstrom's, for example, employees routinely pass out free beverages to weary shoppers and their spouses. Similarly, low-cost carrier Southwest Airlines encourages its ticket agents to joke with passengers waiting in line to board a delayed flight...

Author: By Scott A. Resnick, | Title: May I Take Your Order? | 5/21/1999 | See Source »

...roughly $38 billion in CDs, records and cassettes each year--you'd think that someone would have reached for a hose sooner. But with the launch last week of RealNetworks' remarkably useful JukeBox--a free bit of software that makes it almost too easy to convert music CDs into pass-around computer files--my hunch is that it's already too late. I can smell the burning plastic discs from here...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Coinless JukeBox | 5/17/1999 | See Source »

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