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Word: sin (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...teetotaling stems partly from the fact that I'm a Muslim. The general Muslim consensus when interpreting the Quran, Islam's scripture, is that drinking alcohol is what we semi-religious people call a "sin." Just as importantly though, I've never received a compelling answer to my question, "Why should I drink...

Author: By Murad S. Hussain, | Title: A Teetotaler's Thoughts | 4/2/1998 | See Source »

...leadership of the National Baptist Convention after he allegedly embezzled hundreds of thousands of dollars, we're sticking with the President come hell, high water, or a new plague of bimbos. As Jesse Jackson, who has become Clinton's Billy Graham, puts it, blacks tend to reject the sin but not the sinner. We believe in forgiveness--when transgressors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: My Dungeon Shook | 3/30/1998 | See Source »

...children are entitled to special consideration for two reasons: helplessness and innocence. They have not yet acquired either the faculty of reason or the wisdom of experience. Consequently, they are defenseless (incapable of fending for themselves) and blameless (incapable of real sin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Titanic Riddle | 3/30/1998 | See Source »

Beautiful, happy and self-assured pop music is what the artist simply known as Rebekah starts to deliver on the album, Remember to Breathe. The first two tracks of the CD, "Hey Genius" and "Sin So Well," are confident, bold and matter-of-fact indictments of pretense and societal hang-ups concerning intellect and sex. Listening to these songs is a pleasure. The title track, "Remember to Breathe" ranks as the best song on the album. It may stand as one of the best twenty-something anthems...

Author: By Chantalle Lafontant, | Title: SOUND ADVICE | 3/20/1998 | See Source »

...around feeling guilty about not writing it instead of not going to a Harvard museum? Because I am susceptible to peer pressure and everyone around me is working. Not handing in the paper has made me feel so guilty in the past days that I have announced the sin to almost anyone who will hear my confession. The responses have been very telling...

Author: By Jeannie A. Lang, | Title: I Didn't Write My Tutorial Paper | 3/18/1998 | See Source »

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