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Word: personal (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...like to believe that no boys are truly evil, and if Eric Harris tested that proposition at Littleton exactly a month before Conyers, T.J. did not. Within hours, Rosa was struggling to explain Solomon's crime against him. "He'd be the last person I'd think would do something like this," Ryan told TIME after he was released from the emergency room. "He was normal. Just like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Just A Routine School Shooting | 5/31/1999 | See Source »

...diversifying. NASCAR has a handful of black crew members and drivers, and one team is owned by basketball legend Julius Erving and former pro-football star Joe Washington. "Whether you're selling soft drinks, snack foods or a sport, all good marketers know it is important for every single person to want to buy their product," says France. "It is no different...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NASCAR: Babes, Bordeaux & Billy Bobs | 5/31/1999 | See Source »

Playing violent video games does not necessarily desensitize the player to atrocities, but the social isolation that goes along with an addiction to such games can. Even when competing against a real-life person, a player has almost no social interaction. These games can be dangerous when taken in large doses. MIKE DOJC Toronto

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: May 31, 1999 | 5/31/1999 | See Source »

First, Freddie's death was entirely our fault, whereas in my aunt's case, accountability for death was spread all over the meat-packing plant. There, one person herded the hogs into the hall; one person led them into the holding pen; one person pushed them up the plank; one person knocked them unconscious with a stun gun. Someone else pushed them onto the conveyor belt and yet another person operated the belt that processed the animals. "You know, I didn't really kill them," my aunt said...

Author: By Alexander T. Nguyen, | Title: The Personal Touch | 5/28/1999 | See Source »

Secondly, we voluntarily planned Freddie's death. My aunt did not plan to kill hundreds of hogs. Her boss told her to. She merely complied and does not feel guilty, because, in the words of psychologist Stanley Milgram, "the person entering an authority system no longer views himself as acting out of his own purposes but rather comes to see himself as an agent for executing the wishes of another person...

Author: By Alexander T. Nguyen, | Title: The Personal Touch | 5/28/1999 | See Source »

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