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Word: katrina (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Katrina slept through most of her adoption hearing last week in the sun-washed Charleston, S.C., courtroom. Her would-be mother and father sat nervously alert. An attractive, wealthy couple from out of state, they eagerly testified about their four-acre country estate, swimming pool and well-protected play area as proof of their parental fitness. Yet it was Katrina, at 15 months all blond ringlets and neatly pressed ruffles, who spoke most eloquently on their behalf. Waking up in time to accompany the woman to the witness stand, Katrina clung hungrily to her side, cooing "Mama...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Newborn Fever | 3/12/1984 | See Source »

Harvard is not the only school to suffer from such constraints. Brown University boasts 60 to 70 graduating computer scientist per year and Katrina H. Avery '61 manager of the school's computer science department, says the 13 professors (five tenured) and 35 course in not enough. With the growing interest in specializing just learning a little bit about computers. "It's a zoo around here ," she says. "We have 800 students pre-registered for a course that will admit 150. Every undergraduate wants in take Computer Science...

Author: By The COMPUTERISM Of harvard, | Title: Learning the Wires | 1/27/1984 | See Source »

Harvard and Fairfield traded the ball back and forth like a hot patato with no one scoring for up to three minutes at a time during the first half. Fairfield's center, Katrina Field, the high scorer of the game with 20 points, dominated the offense, often tipping the ball effortlessly in from right under the basket...

Author: By Rebecca J. Joseph, | Title: Fairfield Edges Women Hoopsters, 56-54 | 11/25/1981 | See Source »

...alarm sounds. "As long as Freddie is singing and the monitor is beeping, you know things are all right," says Oakum, "but it's a nightmare." Katherine Jurgill, 20, who keeps an ear tuned to the monitor in her home, shares that anxiety. Jurgill's daughter Katrina, 2, was sick much of last winter. Her second child is due in mid-July. "The Government says we're safe," she remarks, "but it's hard to see steam coming out of the ground on both sides and believe that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Hottest Town in America | 6/22/1981 | See Source »

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