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Word: tallness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...this morning," says Jean, who has been relaying Harvard numbers for nine years now. The caller described her man: "`He's tall and wears glasses and he used to be my dentist a long time ago,'" remembers Jean, who contrary to popular belief, does not know the physical description of everyone listed in the Harvard directory...

Author: By Sandhya R. Rao, | Title: They've Got Our Numbers | 10/21/1993 | See Source »

...shifted towards service industries like banking and high finance. On the surface, that sounds pretty good. We don't need to create new jobs for fork lift operators or truckers because those are "bad" jobs. Instead we need to create more "good" high-paying white-collar jobs in tall office buildings. The problem is, our deficient education system continues to churn out people who are not qualified to do the "good" jobs. Consequently, there is an intense need for positions for honest, hard working people who didn't go to Harvard. And it should not be surprising that the companies...

Author: By Daniel H. Schumann, | Title: Get a Real Job | 10/18/1993 | See Source »

...must be 5 feet 9 inches tall if you are Caucasian. I was thus ruled out, but the conversation did not end there. No other ethnic groups have height requirements; the decisions about those donors are "subjective...

Author: By Joanna M. Weiss, | Title: How Do You Freeze? | 10/16/1993 | See Source »

...tall are you? "5 feet 7 inches...

Author: By Joanna M. Weiss, | Title: How Do You Freeze? | 10/16/1993 | See Source »

...long dream of playing football for the Notre Dame Irish. Only three things stand in his way: He doesn't have the high school grades to get into Notre Dame, he doesn't have any money to pay for the tuition and he is only five-foot seven inches tall, hardly the size necessary to join the nearly professional Notre Dame team...

Author: By Roan Kang, | Title: Tiny Tackler | 10/14/1993 | See Source »

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