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Word: longer (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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With a letter of admission and Harvard no longer his most-recent employer, he was able to find a security guard job again and begin to finance his education...

Author: By Rachel P. Kovner, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Abramian Awaits Harvard Millions | 11/2/1999 | See Source »

...PHILOSOPHY] Stay away from fat and eat natural, whole foods like fruits and veggies to lose weight and lead a healthier, longer life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Weighing The Diets | 11/1/1999 | See Source »

...CHRISTMAS? Maybe not Laptops may be hard to get this holiday season because of a liquid-crystal-display-panel shortage. Analysts say manufacturers will meet only 86% of demand this year, and you can expect longer wait lists for models with larger screens and higher resolution. The September quake in Taiwan threw off memory-chip production too. Rather than raising prices, some makers may end up giving less bang for your buck. Best advice: buy now or well after Christmas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Brief: Nov. 1, 1999 | 11/1/1999 | See Source »

...baseball games take longer than a Ken Burns documentary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On Winning and Winning Again | 11/1/1999 | See Source »

Language as it evolves is like the game of Broken Telephone, in which a whispered phrase gets increasingly distorted as it passes from lip to ear. Eventually speakers no longer discern the rule behind a motley set of mangled verbs. They just memorize them as a list, as do subsequent generations. These are the irregulars, the fossils of dead rules...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Horton Heared a Who! | 11/1/1999 | See Source »

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