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Word: waits (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Malec, for example, says that in her test, thetape recorder used in the dictation portion wasgarbled, the wait to take the test lasted over anhour and the questions were ambiguous...

Author: By M. DOUGLAS Omaalley, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Questions of Validity Surround Teacher Tests | 2/24/1999 | See Source »

...which burned down in 1956. "Is it not a fitting end to the century and to the [Capital] Campaign that Memorial Hall should be restored to its proper glory?" he queried. Perhaps I am alone, but I actually think that restoring Mem. Hall to its pre 1956 days could wait, at least until, for example, undergraduates are no longer needed to TF courses. Knowles' announcement illustrates quite starkly where priorities lie--in this typical case, with "glory" and not with quality. Of course, $4 million is just a drop in Harvard's bucket and this particular gift was earmarked...

Author: By Daniel M. Suleiman, | Title: The University's Clash of Interests | 2/23/1999 | See Source »

...nice restaurants with hidden cameras try to switch the good gum with Folgers caffeinated gum? Do you need decaffeinated peanut butter to get caffeinated gum out of your hair? Can I save money by asking women out for gum? We've got work to do, people. Social Security can wait...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Stick of Joe | 2/22/1999 | See Source »

...California-based company Liquid Audio offers free downloads of songs by groups like Hole that self-destruct after a few days, teasing listeners to buy the whole CD. In the physical world, because of promotion and production costs, musicians release songs in bunches, and fans often have to wait years between CDs. Online, a number of acts, including rockers Todd Rundgren, hip-hop stars Beastie Boys and the hard-rock band Creed, have been making new material available on their websites one song at a time. Creed's offering of a downloadable acoustic version of its song My Own Prison...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music Without Labels | 2/22/1999 | See Source »

...husband may be king, but Jordan's PRINCESS RANIA, 28, won't be playing the Queen for a while yet. She has to wait until the end of the official mourning period for ABDULLAH to name her Queen. Still, it's likely that Rania, a strikingly beautiful Palestinian, will capture the nation's hearts. Intelligent and family-oriented, Rania took child-psychology courses in school and was an honors student in business administration at the American University in Cairo. She had two children in their first three years of marriage but is hardly a submissive wife. She likes to hang...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Royal Relations | 2/22/1999 | See Source »

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