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Word: effortless (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1990
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...first-year student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), he realized he was interested in studying psychology rather than economics. He had turned down his original Harvard acceptance in 1987 to attend MIT, where he says, they have a better economics department. Shin says transferring was almost effortless because of his original acceptance...

Author: By Kelly A.E. Mason, | Title: A Question of Responsibility for the Blind | 4/9/1990 | See Source »

Cookbook-author Barbara Kafka (Microwave Gourmet) has quieted many culinary Luddites with dishes like her almost effortless microwave risotto. A sampled batch was creamy, a bit chewy and nearly identical to risotto made from the traditional Italian recipe that requires 35 minutes of nonstop, laborious stirring. "Microwaves don't cook everything well," Kafka cautions. "Manufacturers originally claimed that they were a magic pill that could do anything. They can -- badly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Food: A Requiem for Grilled Cheese | 2/19/1990 | See Source »

...FACTS. Any kind, but do get them in. They are what we look for--a name, a place, an allusion, an object, a brand of deoderant, the titles of six poems in a row, even an occasional date. This, son, makes for interesting (if effortless) reading, and that is what gets A's. Underline them, capitalize them, inset them in outline form: be sure we don't miss them. Why do you think all exams insist at at the top, "Illustrate;" "Be specific;" etc? They mean it. The illustrations, of course, need not be singularly relevant; but they must...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Grader's Reply | 1/17/1990 | See Source »

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