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Word: sized (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...room with ugly, roaring noise, overwhelming the quiet plaint of the antique benches that groan under the load of bodies. Sanders swarms; handouts and slow-movers clog the main door causing backflow into Memorial Hall. The room's air, warm and moist, smells of Chickwich. The Harvard monster-size class begins...

Author: By Avra VAN Der zee and Vicky C. Hallett, S | Title: Beasts: Taming Harvard's Largest Lectures | 2/11/1999 | See Source »

After facing a Princeton team on Friday night famous for its slow-down style, relentless, disciplined defense, and shooters at all positions, a team is forced to adjust to Penn's athleticism, speed, and dominating size...

Author: By Zachary T. Ball, | Title: Penn, Princeton a Tough 1-2 Combination | 2/8/1999 | See Source »

Monti's three did not prevent some anxiousmoments in the game's final minute. As big as theQuakers in the fight were--two Penn starters stand6'2 or taller--the fight in the Quakers was ofstill greater size...

Author: By Jamal K. Greene, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: W. Basketball Splits, Stays Alive in Ivies | 2/8/1999 | See Source »

...looks as though they will. On Feb. 6 a remarkable space probe called Stardust is scheduled to take off for a January 2004 encounter with Comet Wild (pronounced Vilt) 2. With a tennis racquet-size collector, Stardust will snatch dust particles from the comet's tail as it flies by and then, in an audacious interplanetary maneuver, return to parachute its precious cargo to Earth two years later...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Close Encounter with a Comet | 2/8/1999 | See Source »

...Dozens of pinprick-size containers are each filled with about 25 nanoliters of liquid, gel or solid and covered with a thin gold film. The chip is then immersed in a liquid containing low concentrations of chloride ions (like those found in human bodily fluids...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Smart Pill | 2/8/1999 | See Source »

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