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Word: tallness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...with sadness and a real sense of loss that we write to inform you of the recent death of Ben Hanson, Currier '97-'98, who was known to many of you as a friend, acquaintance, or simply a tall, friendly and gentle presence in Currier," Graham wrote...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hanson, Former Currier House Resident, Dies | 3/8/1999 | See Source »

...member of the furrier species--what you disparagingly call a dog-I'd like to share some thoughts about this place my friend Scooby-Doo calls Harvard. After spending a week at this fine University, I can share a new perspective-the six inches-tall one-on collegiate life...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DARTBOARD | 3/5/1999 | See Source »

...STANDING TALL Synthetic growth hormones help short, healthy kids achieve new heights--sometimes. The first major study to follow such youngsters through adulthood concludes that on average, 50% of patients who received the daily hormone injections grew about 2 in. taller than expected. Doctors, however, can't predict which children will respond and which won't. Cost of the gamble? Up to $20,000 a year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Your Health: Mar. 1, 1999 | 3/1/1999 | See Source »

Suddenly, I realize that I have lost my companion. I panic. But before my imagination can come up with a grim fantasy--my friend and her sweater both nabbed by the Chinese mob--I spot her talking to a tall, ripped, good-looking guy. She lights a cigarette and gestures for me to take off. I leave alone, cursing the Kong as I walked down Mass. Ave. back home...

Author: By Jonathan S. Paul, | Title: THE HONG KONG AN ORAL HISTORY | 2/25/1999 | See Source »

...take notes on Noah's spare Keno cards, and at 10:35 I feel inspired to write the following: "There are trolls around here." I write this after I see a four-foot tall man scrambling around in the darkness below the tables. About twenty minutes later, a group of attractive women enter the bar and a soundtrack seems to follow them. I write: "10:58: the women arrive and on comes Matchbox 20." I speak with the following people: a white B.C. girl with a tan as dark as soy sauce; a grumpy middle-aged Hong Kong security guard...

Author: By Jonathan S. Paul, | Title: THE HONG KONG AN ORAL HISTORY | 2/25/1999 | See Source »

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