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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...After a tough week of school, why don't we say 'This week really bit? Or bited? Or bitted?'" quipped author Steven Pinker during his talk last night at the Graduate School of Education...

Author: By David M. Debartolo, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Pinker Explains Language | 10/6/1999 | See Source »

Addressing a standing-room only crowd, Pinker explained the origins of children's grammatical mistakes, the etymology of irregular verbs and why, for example, people say "slept" instead of "sleeped." His sprinkling of uncommon and incorrect forms of words throughout the talk, such as "smote," "clove" and "cleaved," elicited bursts of laughter from his audience...

Author: By David M. Debartolo, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Pinker Explains Language | 10/6/1999 | See Source »

...loved his use of comic strips to help illustrate his points," said Julianne A. Lombardo '03. "His overhead presentation really helped to clarify his reasoning. I was hoping that he would talk more about the history of language...

Author: By David M. Debartolo, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Pinker Explains Language | 10/6/1999 | See Source »

...Saturday, [freshman defenseman] Katie Urbanic was talking to a friend of hers on the BYU team," Totman said. "A BYU coach saw them, sent Katie away, and told her that they could talk after they beat...

Author: By Richard A. Perez, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Seniors, Freshman Lead Crimson Past BYU | 10/5/1999 | See Source »

...about his image, in stark contrast to the relentlessly image-conscious Clinton. Bush also wants us to know that, unlike the legendarily wonkish president, he isn't a nerd. Has the number of abortions fallen during his governorship? "I don't know, probably down," he told Tucker Carlson of Talk magazine over the summer. Let a lesser man memorize statistics...

Author: By Alan E. Wirzbicki, | Title: 'The Body' Politic | 10/5/1999 | See Source »

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