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Word: passes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...virtual valentine. I received data-matches. I've been date-sited. Pass the chardonnay and turn up the Marvin Gaye. Somebody stop me 'cause I'm on fire...

Author: By Andrew K. Mandel, | Title: Endpaper: Due Apprehension in a Brave New World | 2/18/1999 | See Source »

...corsage is passe. Boutonnieres are quite another story. "Cummerbund" has one "b." Say "how do you do," not "nice to meet you." Pass the salt and pepper together. Curtsey when you're thinking what to say, and don't scratch in public. Welcome to the jungle...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Freshman Foible? | 2/18/1999 | See Source »

Instead, Gov. Wormer--er, Cellucci--has decided to press ahead with this competency exam and add to it by testing current teachers under a similar plan, firing those who don't pass. His response to the report by the three education experts was as follows...

Author: By Susannah B. Tobin, | Title: Knowledge Is Good | 2/18/1999 | See Source »

...lead in the first period and then tied the score 2-2 at 2:09 of the second period. On Saturday, he set up what proved to be the game winning goal. In the second period Millar hit freshman forward Jeff Stonehouse with a beautiful tape-to-tape pass in the slot who then put it past Princeton goaltender Dave Stathos...

Author: By Michael R. Volonnino, | Title: ROB MILLAR '99 | 2/17/1999 | See Source »

Three years ago, President Clinton promised to build us a "Bridge to the 21st Century." I still don't understand the metaphor, even as we enter the downward slope of the bridge, speeding toward the toll plaza. (Thank god for EZ-Pass.) What are we crossing over? Bridges usually get you somewhere you can't get without one, like across a river. Time will take us to the 21st century, like...

Author: By Geoffrey C. Upton, | Title: Throw Us a Rope | 2/17/1999 | See Source »

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