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Word: tested (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Harvard battled through and answered with an aggressive checking system of its own, generating a few quality scoring chances. Only five minutes into the period, Harvard went on the power play and put Clarkson goalie Shawn Grant to the test. A flurry of shots left the puck in the crease, but no one could knock...

Author: By Richard S. Lee, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Clarkson, St. Lawrence Two-Time M. Hockey | 12/7/1998 | See Source »

...this harsh world, Babe the sweet-souled, stouthearted pig worked better as a surprise than he does as a sequel. You can't blame the little porker; fame has not gone to his head. But his handlers, led by director George Miller, have succumbed to a desire to test the powers of his innocence against creatures more ferocious than those that inhabited Farmer Hoggett's essentially benign barnyard. Or maybe it was the powers of their special-effects wizardry that they wanted to strut, for the cast members of Babe: Pig in the City are larger, busier and--shall...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Dark Meat | 12/7/1998 | See Source »

...After you've set your rules and boundaries, but your children make the decision not to follow them, it's the time for punishment...Make the punishment memorable. Make the punishment appropriate to the crime...This is not a test you can afford to fail." (Parenting for Dummies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Dec. 7, 1998 | 12/7/1998 | See Source »

...sometimes blamed on me. According to some pundits, kids read the Dilbert comic strip and decide they don't want to spend their life confined to cubicles and being menaced by pointy-haired bosses. I don't know if that's true, but it does pass the sniff test. According to the parents who e-mail me, a lot of family conversations are beginning with the question, "Mommy, what's a mission statement?" and ending with the entire family in tears...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gene Fool | 12/7/1998 | See Source »

...system already has used a variety ofindicators, such as test scores, grades and race,"Willie said. "If race cannot be used the way it isused now, test scores should be eliminated...

Author: By Jenny E. Heller, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Boston Latin Will Appeal Race Suit Ruling | 12/4/1998 | See Source »

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