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Word: distinguish (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...urban America, there is little beneath the surface. The album is a blur of repetitive basslines that bleed from one track to the next; the rhymes are lousy, and the braggadocio and self-references that make contemporary rap such flamboyant entertaining falls flat here. It is difficult to distinguish the three group members except that they all fall off rhythm. As a result, the majority of the tracks on the album resemble each other too closely. Two tracks stood out, mainly because they resembled other artists' work. Anyone who heard Missy Elliott's summer release will be furious upon hearing...

Author: By John A. Burton, | Title: Album Review: Chilldrin of da Ghetto | 11/19/1999 | See Source »

...Harvard performs up to its potential, it should be in the title hunt to the very end, with its individual wrestlers continuing to distinguish themselves on the national scene...

Author: By Jodie L. Pearl, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Wrestling Their Way to the Top | 11/18/1999 | See Source »

...full name, we can see that he scored a disappointing 25 percent on that little pop quiz. His academic record in this particular case would actually overestimate the extent of his knowledge, a revelation that can be buttressed by his recent confusion of Slovenia and Slovakia and inability to distinguish a Greek from a Grecian. (Bradley, on the other hand, was smart enough to refuse to play the game when queried by Hiller...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: Bush No Brainiac | 11/12/1999 | See Source »

...served basis to whoever pays the $119 fee. And it has become so rampant that the government has begun a crackdown, with courts listening sympathetically to companies and individuals claiming their names have been misappropriated in Web addresses. In April a federal court took wwwpainewebber.com (missing a period to distinguish it from the investment company's site) away from a porn website. And the House of Representatives last week passed the Trademark Cyberpiracy Prevention Act, a bill that would give broad power to trademark holders to go after cybersquatters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When Your Name Isn't Yours | 11/8/1999 | See Source »

...injured or killed each year in accidental shootings, yet according to a survey in the journal Pediatrics, 28% of parents polled said they keep a firearm at home. Of those, 52% say they keep their weapons loaded or unlocked. And 74% believe their kids ages 4 to 12 can distinguish between a toy and a real gun. So if your child is going to play at a friend's home, it's wise to ask whether guns are present and unlocked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Brief: Nov. 8, 1999 | 11/8/1999 | See Source »

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