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Word: succumbed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...lost in the woods and pursued by the Big Bad Wolf of academic myopia. Looking at the individual tree, like Hindu Myth, Image and Pilgrimage (Literature and Arts C-18) or Jewish Life in Eastern Europe (Foreign Cultures 56,) certainly has its place. Yet, if the Core is to succumb to such overspecialization, it is even more important that the Core provide the general survey courses that serve as a necessary foundation to build upon...

Author: By Andrei H. Cerny, | Title: Much Ado About Nothing | 4/12/1995 | See Source »

VR.5 is the real standout among these new series in part because it does not succumb to campiness. The show revolves around the treacherous cyber-exploits of Sydney Bloom (Lori Singer), an emotionally deadened young woman who can travel through her computer into a virtual universe in which she can tap into the minds of other people. A genius in a T shirt and Timberlands, Sydney has devised this technology herself, but she cannot control the environments she enters. As a result, she often finds herself in peril. Neverthe-less, she is unable to stay in the real world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: OUT OF THIS WORLD | 4/3/1995 | See Source »

Even with Michael Jordan's 19 points, the Chicago Bulls succumb to the Indiana Pacers 103-96 in overtime. Page...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ON DECK | 3/20/1995 | See Source »

...same time, the judge warned that interpreting the criminal law too broadly ``would serve to criminalize the conduct of not only persons like LaMacchia, but also the myriad of home computer users who succumb to the temptation to copy even a single software program for private use.'' That, he said, was not something ``that even the software industry would consider desirable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COPS ON THE I-WAY | 3/1/1995 | See Source »

...inside and put on some pants," since the temperature that day was -40F with wind-chill, about ten degrees colder than his estimated cutoff for wearing pants. Don only owns one pair of jeans, but is thinking of "splurging" and buying another one. Don, Dave and Mike all succumb to wearing pants on formal occasions...

Author: By Ryan S. Mccarthy, | Title: Claustrophobia of the Knees | 2/23/1995 | See Source »

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