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Word: pocket (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1990
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Most of the time I simply put the books in the small pocket of my backpack. To add a little pizazz, I put them right on top of the main pocket a couple of times. Beginning to think that I was charmed with luck, I even had a friend...

Author: By Joshua W. Shenk, | Title: How I Ripped Off Lamont Library | 12/13/1990 | See Source »

...lasting solution to excessive energy consumption in dormitories must introduce market incentives. A lasting solution must get people in the habit of conserving scarce energy with the prospect of saving scarce pocket money. A lasting solution requires that Harvard make students pay for excessive use of electricity...

Author: By John L. Larew, | Title: What Jack Kemp Could Teach PBH | 12/3/1990 | See Source »

...University Hall sit-in two weeks ago, a Harvard police sergeant took photographs of those sitting in the lobby of the building with a pocket 35mm camera. He took pictures of all those who sat silently in the hallway, although many of those people walked out before the group was formally asked to leave...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Reporter's Notebook | 12/1/1990 | See Source »

...waist McDonald wears an insulin pump the size of a pager, which infuses the hormone through a slender needle positioned just below his skin. Anticipating meals, McDonald can increase the amount of insulin he receives by dialing in a number. McDonald carries with him a finger pricker and a pocket-size glucose monitoring machine. Eight times a day he checks the level of glucose in his blood and adjusts his insulin pump accordingly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health: Diabetes A Slow, Savage Killer | 11/26/1990 | See Source »

...only new show that ranks in the Nielsen Top 30, America's Funniest People, is merely an appendage of an already established hit, America's Funniest Home Videos.) The three networks' combined share of the viewing audience -- more than 90% just a dozen years ago -- hit another air pocket this fall, dropping 4 percentage points from a year ago, to 66%. On Saturday nights, when TV viewership is at a low ebb, nearly half the audience is tuned in to something other than the Big Three...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: Goodbye to The Mass Audience | 11/19/1990 | See Source »

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