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Word: turn (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...want to hear about my Harvard experience; it wants to know if I am a women's studies concentrator or how I have advanced the concerns of women on this campus. While some students may be able to exploit Harvard's name, I and others are forced to turn instead to beefing up our resumes with lists of mysterious organizations...

Author: By Kamil E. Redmond, | Title: Waiting By the Mailbox In Vain | 3/16/1998 | See Source »

...does work if it's about the political process and the people who work in it. Can you remember why you started? Can you do anything but run the race and fight the fight? How do you know when you've forgotten your principles, and whom do you turn to? The movie asks a lot of questions, but it doesn't answer anything...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: True Colors | 3/16/1998 | See Source »

Travolta keeps his plate full professionally too. He turned down As Good As It Gets, Jackie Brown and Good Will Hunting but has seemingly appeared in every other film produced in the past three years. "I get the top scripts now, and that's a beautiful thing," he beams. Since 1994's Pulp Fiction gave him a "second chance" at stardom, he's shot 10 movies nearly back to back, outpacing Hollywood workhorses Gene Hackman and Kevin Bacon. "I mean, he's gotta take some time off," declares co-star Kathy Bates. "Every time I turn around...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The People's Choice | 3/16/1998 | See Source »

John F. Kennedy Jr. expects his political magazine George "will turn a profit in 1999 -- a year ahead of estimates," reports the New York Post. Speaking to the paper, the publisher cited the movies "Wag the Dog" and "Primary Colors" as having heightened the public's awareness of how cool the Washington arena can be. "All of a sudden," Kennedy told the Post, "the connection between politics and pop culture became vivid...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JFK Jr. Sees Green | 3/16/1998 | See Source »

Soltis assumed his roommate, who had been out that evening, was returning and didn't turn around before saying, "Hi, Matt...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Student Scares Away Intruder | 3/13/1998 | See Source »

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