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Word: seriousness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...message. During one of the last scenes, when Martin is about to leave earth, he hops in his spacecraft and says, "A word of advice: take care of your oceans and do away with daytime talk shows." Not only does the joke fall flat, its attempt to send a serious message within the context of a film whose merit lies in slapstick comedy is simply ludicrous and heightens the unoriginality of the cliche. Such a message seems out of place...

Author: By Dan L. Vazquez, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: ...and THE WALT DISNEY. COMPANY. | 3/5/1999 | See Source »

Many other Universities, including U. Mass.,UMTC, Cornell, Princeton, Yale and Stanford, arewilling to use expulsion to punish students guiltyof the most serious crimes...

Author: By Jenny E. Heller, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Legal Experts Say Ad Board Process Unusual, Unjust | 3/4/1999 | See Source »

...Crimson is definitely not worried about its last two regular season games on the road. Neither Princeton nor Yale has posed a serious threat to Harvard's unbeatable 26-1 record this season. The Crimson beat Yale 8-2 on January 9th, and shut out Princeton the next night...

Author: By Jennifer L. Sullivan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: National Teams Take Two W. Hockey Stars | 3/4/1999 | See Source »

...still stunned to see on that same episode of "Larry King" the real story of this past week: Patricia Ireland, president of the National Organization for Women (NOW), sympathizing with Broadderick. After all, hadn't she and NOW been largely silent when analogous (though not quite as serious) charges had been made by Paula Jones? Hadn't NOW been conspicuously reticent on the issue of whether Lewinsky's relationship with the president, conducted between consenting adults, nevertheless had had some hint of sexual harassment because of the workplace imbalance of power...

Author: By Susannah B. Tobin, | Title: That Was Then, This Is NOW | 3/4/1999 | See Source »

...Harvard also featured some serious head-scratchers, like a Nov. 28 home loss to Lehigh (which finished 6-22) and a Dec. 11 road loss to Colgate, a middle-of-the-road Patriot League team...

Author: By Daniel G. Habib, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Up and Down Season Leaves M. Hoops Stuck in Middle | 3/3/1999 | See Source »

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