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Word: splitting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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After the meeting, the executive board talked privately about the candidates for a short period, and then decided to split their endorsement between two tickets, choosing Plants for president and Burton for vice president...

Author: By Imtiyaz H. Delawala, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Campus Groups Throw Weight Behind Candidates | 12/10/1999 | See Source »

...found in the end that the two progressive campaigns--Plants and Wikler, and Driskell and Burton--both showed a great deal of support for the issues we discussed," wrote the BGLTSA executive board in an e-mail message to its members. "In the end, however, we decided that a split endorsement would present the candidates who best represented the needs of the BGLT community and its supporters...

Author: By Imtiyaz H. Delawala, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Campus Groups Throw Weight Behind Candidates | 12/10/1999 | See Source »

...Harvard offense finally sprung to life and buried its chances as it defeated Union (4-9-0, 3-3-0 ECAC) 5-1 to earn a split for the weekend after dropping to RPI 3-2 Friday night. The win moved Harvard (5-4-0, 5-3-0) into a first-place tie with Yale and Colgate...

Author: By Michael R. Volonnino, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Harvard Snaps Three-Game Skid With 5-1 Win Over Union | 12/6/1999 | See Source »

Despite the split this weekend, the men gave a solid showing in the foil. They beat Tufts 8-1 in this event, and managed to capture two bouts against a fierce Lion squad...

Author: By Maureen B. Shannon, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: M. Fencing Beats Tufts; Both Drop to Lions | 12/6/1999 | See Source »

...versions of sayings already available in the four canonical Gospels. A few others are so striking as to be perhaps genuine. For instance, in Thomas, Jesus says, "He who is near me is near fire, but he who is far from me is far from the kingdom" and "Split the wood and I am there; lift up the stone and you will find me there." Both have that fresh air of authority that rises from his better-known sayings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jesus Of Nazareth Then And Now | 12/6/1999 | See Source »

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