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Word: sisterly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...survived by his wife, Ann; a son, Daniel, of Boston; a brother, Morris, of Newton; a sister, Helen, of Sydney, Australia; and two grandchildren...

Author: By Daniel A. Zweifach, | Title: HMS Biochemist Karnovsky Dies | 1/15/1999 | See Source »

...this radical procedure should be viewed as something to be considered only by women at the highest risk" This is not for any woman who simply had a relative with breast cancer. "This is for women who had a close relative with breast cancer, like a mother or a sister," says Horowitz, "and most importantly, a close relative who developed the disease at an early age." Obviously, a double mastectomy is a tough decision that should be made in close consultation with a physician. Women should remember that there are other preventive alternatives such as early and regular breast examinations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Breast Cancer Treatment Poses a Tough Choice | 1/14/1999 | See Source »

...took it] for the challenge, because several of my friends are taking it, and probably because my sister had taken it," Williams says. "It's also a bit of a `status'thing as far as math majors here are concerned...

Author: By Susie Y. Huang, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Math 55: Rite of Passage for Dept.'s Elite Intimidates Many | 1/6/1999 | See Source »

...finally hit by the I.R.A. (to him, just more authority to affront), he was equally capable of cheekily parking on a police-station bench all night to give himself an alibi, or of crucifying a suspected informer on a pool table. Happily married, he kept his wife's sister as a mistress and sired children with both women. In this admittedly fictionalized retelling, his other reliable relationship is with an implacably pursuing detective (superbly underplayed by Jon Voight) who hates himself for succumbing to a psychopath's irresistible charm...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Ho, Ho (Well, No) | 12/28/1998 | See Source »

Meanwhile, No. 4 Kansas State, which lost one game, in double overtime, no less, didn't even get a BCS spot and is playing in the Alamo Bowl. For a team that went into the last week of the season ranked No. 1, this is worse than kissing your sister or whatever else those kinky Yalies have come up with...

Author: By Bryan Lee, | Title: Santa Lee | 12/15/1998 | See Source »

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