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Word: repeatable (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...that finds liquid music in "fast water quarrelling over clear stones," a wit that sees death--the state of wordlessness--as "beyond declension," and an attentiveness that not only observes squirrels "spring up like questions" but also, 20 pages later, amplifies and complicates the image as "squirrels abound and repeat themselves like questions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOOKS: HYMNS FOR THE INDIGO HOUR | 7/14/1997 | See Source »

...best chance to spark some buzz for a Christmas '97 software season in which they will almost certainly go head-to-head with id's Quake II. How to finish the demo in time? "Get in at 2 p.m.," says Romero, "and stay until 4 in the morning." And repeat daily until the job is done...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BEYOND DOOM AND QUAKE | 6/23/1997 | See Source »

...boosting TAAS results--while low scores invite sanctions, high-stakes tests may make it even harder for schools serving disadvantaged students to recruit the best faculty. Some schools inflate their scores by tinkering with the test pool; techniques include pushing low achievers into special education, or making them repeat a grade, which may cause them to fall further behind and ultimately drop...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE TEST OF THEIR LIVES | 6/16/1997 | See Source »

...Indoor Heptagonal Championship on February 22-23, the same nine teams competed as in the fall, but the men avoided a repeat of the last-place finish of the cross-country team. Instead the Crimson captured fourth place in the meet thanks to Carswell's winning times in the 3,000 (8:12.26) and the mile (4:07.23) as well as his role in running the anchor leg for the victorious distance medley team, the same team that had earlier qualified for a spot in the NCAAs...

Author: By Chris W. Mcevoy, | Title: Track Teams Come up Lame in All Three Seasons | 6/5/1997 | See Source »

Once again Harvard had difficulty in the top singles positions as it was beaten in the first two spots. Last year, Wang stunned Nikolaus during the Crimson's 19-5 campaign, but history was not meant to repeat itself, as the Nikolaus cruised by Wang, 6-1, 6-2. She had similar disappointing luck against Michelle...

Author: By Rebecca A. Blaeser, | Title: W. Tennis Thwarted by W&M | 6/5/1997 | See Source »

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