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Word: woman (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Romans had it easy. The Latin language was so incomprehensible that only a few elderly senators and epic poets could actually speak it. The body of the populace, therefore, had no trouble deciding whether to call a female college student "girl" or "woman"; they just grunted and pointed...

Author: By Joshua M. Sharfstein, | Title: When Guys Were Guys and... | 3/16/1989 | See Source »

Twenty minutes later, hoping I had learned my lesson, I told another high school friend about this "woman." "Get off it!" she responded. "Why are you foisting so much maturity on us before we're ready? We're girls...

Author: By Joshua M. Sharfstein, | Title: When Guys Were Guys and... | 3/16/1989 | See Source »

Distance runner Suzanne Jones earned All-America honors by placing fifth in the 5000-meter run. Her time of 16:09.74 is the second fastest time ever run by a Harvard woman...

Author: By Christopher M. Thorne, | Title: Jones Finishes Fifth In NCAA 5000 Meters | 3/14/1989 | See Source »

...only moderate amounts of protein. Americans should meet the Recommended Daily Allowance -- 0.8 g per kg of ideal body weight for adults -- but not exceed twice that level. Since an ounce of lean ground beef has about 8 g of protein, a 120-lb. woman fulfills her entire protein requirement with a 5.6- oz. hamburger, and a 180-lb. man with an 8.4-oz. patty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health: The Latest Word on What to Eat | 3/13/1989 | See Source »

Some couples are bitter about their experience with IVF. One 29-year-old woman in Dallas underwent several unsuccessful IVF attempts at a total cost of some $17,000. She complains that her doctor never told her that his success rate had dropped from 25% to 5% or that the clinic's new embryologist had never helped produce a birth. Says the woman: "I put trust in people, and that doesn't work. I have this desire so bad for a baby, I would do anything to make it work, and I find out I've been ripped...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Trying To Fool the Infertile | 3/13/1989 | See Source »

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