Word: widely
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...United States is not an integrated oasis on the world map. But between growing up in Los Angeles and being at Harvard, my universe has been populated by people of a variety of shades and colors, from a wide range of religions and upbringings. The Spanish are much more homogenous. The vast majority can trace their ancestry back many centuries on the Iberian peninsula. Catholicism is integral to their culture and has been for ages. There are regional variations in cuisine, language and traditions but it is not the type of diversity that surrounds us here...
...common names in this country; my name alone claims an unruly percentage of each entering class at Harvard. But names come from a family's history, religion and culture, and the Spanish are all choosing from the same pot. Here, high school rosters present a daunting challenge to wide-eyed substitutes preparing to call the role. Names are a sign of the melting pot, salad bowl or what-have...
Featured as one of the World Wide Web's premier search engines in the Jan. 6, issue of PC Magazine, Cambridge-based Northern Light (www.nlsearch.com) is giving the popular Yahoo a run for its money...
...inspiration for Northern Light was simple, Seuss says." We made the observation that when someone searched the [World Wide Web], they were drawing from a database of, on average, low-quality resources, compared to premium resources like Lexus-Nexus," he says...
...Allen Counter is a busy, busy man, and getting an hour-long interview with him is a rare honor. His wide range of academic interests and social connections become immediately apparent as he sits in Loker Common and waves and smiles at a student or colleague every few minutes...