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Word: trashes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...classification, roughly speaking, involves the careful grouping of a large set of individuals into categories defined by the properties each member of that category possesses. So, if we survey the Harvard landscape, what do we find? Let's start with the phylum Euro-Trash-icus, the members of which hold the humble belief that Europe is the center of the universe, and, here on earth, the pinnacle of civilization and culture. You can recognize members of the phylum Euro-trashicus by their refusal to recognize...

Author: By Gil B. Lahav, | Title: A Taxonomy of Harvard | 4/25/1994 | See Source »

Early this week, Dartboard's diligent TV writer was flipping channels (and only flipping, mind you, not, heaven forbid, watching ) he caught a most curious dialogue on Oprah. A man grimly recounted the details of his alien abduction. It was tame fare for the voluminous queen of daytime trash, nothing all out of the ordinary...

Author: By Benjamin J. Heller, | Title: DARTBOARD | 4/23/1994 | See Source »

...rural Southwest have become carriers of human plague. A new report says the cats can pick up the disease from rodents or fleas and transmit it via licks, bites or scratches. Only 15 cases of plague have been traced to cats, however, and such simple precautions as removing trash where rodents thrive can limit risk to humans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health Report: Apr. 18, 1994 | 4/18/1994 | See Source »

Deejay stunt puts $100 in library -- treasure hunters trash books...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Winners & Losers: Apr. 18, 1994 | 4/18/1994 | See Source »

...There are cheerleaders and girlfriends and the rare token female participant (two girls on D2's hockey team), but sports movies are about male bonding. Beating the other guy displays primeval survival skills; getting the crap kicked out of you and not whining proves you are a man; talkin' trash makes you cool. Above the Rim, a gamy but conventional film about a high school basketball phenom detoured on his road to Georgetown by Harlem sleaze kings, is all about not letting street sarcasm get you down. A stream of abuse is the musical accompaniment to the choreography of manhood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: Nice Guys Finish First | 4/11/1994 | See Source »

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