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Word: yesteryears (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...century later, in the interminable search for a palatable meal in the dining halls, College students empathize with these Harvard students of yesteryear...

Author: By Barbara E. Martinez, | Title: The Long Hard Job Of Feeding Harvard Students: The History of Harvard Dining Services | 5/19/1997 | See Source »

...most students accept huge amounts of responsibility, sometimes at a cost that no line on a resume alone could repay. Although the common sentiment expressed is that students should be focusing all their energy and strength on academics, I think that it is misguided. Perhaps in the days of yesteryear, when students at Harvard were small in number and elite in status, they could ignore the world outside and concentrate on great books. But today, most students will leave this place to enter the real world where real knowledge matters less than acquired skills that are often gained through extracurricular...

Author: By Tanya Dutta, | Title: Where Harvard Life Is | 4/28/1997 | See Source »

...learn untold lessons from the Great Books of the World, but speculative knowledge does not always lead to virtuous action. The philosophers and educators of yesteryear knew this axiom intimately. This is why they considered physical training so essential to a humane education: it allowed one to work on the principles of action that one had learned in classes and thinking...

Author: By Thomas B. Cotton, | Title: Returning to the Gymnasium | 4/23/1997 | See Source »

...other words, the appeal of Datamatch is born of a deep disillusionment with any natural prospects for a social life. In a peculiarly 90's twist, the technical precision of the computer fills the role that spontaneity--or a good-hearted matchmaker--played in the more personal days of yesteryear...

Author: By Talia Milgrom-elcott, | Title: Sexuality Denuded | 2/14/1997 | See Source »

Director George Lucas has come out with a film that has "Billion Dollar Baby" stamped all over it. "Star Wars" is a rousing crowdpleaser, a reaffirmation that the good guys still win some of the time, and an affectionate needle at the legendary Flash Gordon movies of yesteryear all wrapped into one very slick package. And while devotees of the sci-fi movie genre may not take too kindly to the implicit parody of their chosen cult contained in Lucas' film, the dazzling special effects of "Star Wars" by themselves should prove sufficient to eclipse any lingering qualms they might...

Author: By Joe Contreras, | Title: "Graffiti" Director Delivers Cliched but Dazzling Epic | 2/6/1997 | See Source »

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