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Word: provenances (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...blame the Association of American Medical Colleges. This group of sadists writes an 8-hour exam which they admit does not determine whether you will be a good doctor. Years of statistical evaluations have proven conclusively only one thing: that the MCAT transforms mild-mannered, happy-go-lucky students like myself into foaming, crazed pre-meds...

Author: By Joshua M. Sharfstein, | Title: A Bad Case of MCAT Syndrome | 4/24/1990 | See Source »

Najibullah, who has proven himself an able politician and administrator, is adjusting his own policies to accommodate Moscow's changing world view. He has refashioned his Soviet-installed regime over the past three years, to obscure its Marxist-Leninist lineage, and offered free elections, to be monitored by the United Nations. He has embarked on reforms that include support for a market-based economy. Najibullah's homage to glasnost has included the opening of an Islamic university and publication of a list of Afghans killed by his hard-line predecessors. And he has reached out to rebel mujahedin factions with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Third World Don't Call Us, Friend, We'll Call You | 3/5/1990 | See Source »

...post-season national tournament this weekend at Penn, the Crimson got a chance to avenge it's loss to the Elis last weekend on Yale courts. If the Crimson had emerged victorious, it could have proven that last Wednesday's loss to Yale was just bad luck...

Author: By Rebecca D. Knowles, | Title: Wednesday Part Two: Elis Ace Racquetmen for Title | 2/27/1990 | See Source »

...Master of Hang Time, but what about poor Ralph James?" Isiah Moses asked. "You have only allowed him to shoot 9-for-40 over the last two games. Only 1-for-19 on three pointers. Surely you have proven your point...

Author: By Theodore D. Chuang, | Title: The Hoop God | 2/26/1990 | See Source »

When Cleary chooses Tomassoni, he will be able to point to his colleague's record. Tomassoni has already proven his mettle as a coach--he has handled Harvard's defensemen and power play under Cleary--and as one of the Harvard athletic department's best recruiters...

Author: By Michael R. Grunwald, | Title: Tomassoni Is a 'Very, Very, Very, Very, Very Leading Candidate' | 2/15/1990 | See Source »

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