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Word: singeing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...describes how he and two friends were on their way to the bakery to buy bread when they were nabbed by Serbian soldiers of the federal army and subjected to a night of abuse. Threatened with beatings, they were forced to kneel, butt their heads against a wall and sing songs impugning the virtue of Muslim women. "We sang," he says, "but they beat us anyway...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Land of Slaughter | 6/8/1992 | See Source »

Twenty-five years ago, they seemed to be the classic college odd couple. William H. Vanderbilt '67 was the jock. John P. Bihldorff '67 was the mathematician. Vanderbilt was captain of several sports teams. Bihldorff was president of the Glee Club. "He couldn't sing a note," Bihldorff laughs about Vanderbilt...

Author: By Molly B. Confer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: From Corporate Boston To the Forest Trials of Idaho | 6/1/1992 | See Source »

...Radcliffe Pitches. Although they followed an impressive set by the Kroks at the Why Not Jam, the Pitches displayed a strong line-up of soloists and even brought Archie Epps on stage to sing an elegant "Somewhere Over the Rainbow...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Arts in Review: | 5/18/1992 | See Source »

...abhor V.G.s, we skim right past them, we start wondering what kind of C to give from the first V.G. we encounter; and as they pile up, we decide C: (Harvard being Harvard, one does not give Ds. Consider C-a failure.) Why? Not because they are a sing the student does not know the material, or hasn't thought creatively, or any of that folly. They simply make tedious reading. "Locke is a transitional figure." "The whole think boils down to human rights." Now I ask you, I have 92 bluebooks to read this week...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Grader's Reply: We're Not That Stupid | 5/11/1992 | See Source »

...chef who experiments in nouvelle kosher. Says Finn: "I realized that I was obsessed with these characters. I still am. I am not interested in writing about anyone else. Everything that moves and grips me in the theater can be told through these people. And they all seem to sing quite naturally, which is vital for a musical. They are all given to that level of emotional excess...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Quirky William Finn | 5/11/1992 | See Source »

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