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Word: spotless (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...known to most of the world through glossy recruitment pamphlets, Hollywood movies featuring glossy actors portraying clean-cut and brilliant students and glossy photos of well-established, aged-yet-immaculate colonial structures. In the public eye, Harvard is free of filth. To those outside the gates, our institution is spotless. Harvard students know better...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Big Bug on Campus: Harvard's Infested Underbelly | 12/9/1999 | See Source »

...never break the leash, animated by wild but wise high spirits. "God waited for no baby in the slums. He took them back as soon as He'd given them, but He threw them away if their souls were still stained. He delivered them soiled but expected them back spotless." Even better than Doyle's epigrams, though, are his lengthy battle scenes, which are both chaotic and precise, capturing the fog of war as well as the warrior's uncanny clarity. Sneaking through the darkened countryside, holing up in safe houses and hedges, escaping on bicycle from spies and sentries...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Best of the Boyos | 10/4/1999 | See Source »

...your premium as much as 30%. If you've moved to a rural location or drive much less than before, you can get a lower rate. You can also get discounts by bundling several cars on one policy or by earning good grades in school or by having a spotless driving record in the past three years. And, of course, if your teenager has moved out, your heart may hurt but your pocketbook will enjoy a lower insurance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Driving a Bargain | 5/24/1999 | See Source »

...town to work in." The half-mocking nickname he has earned from fellow cops is "Father O'Connor," and he will joke and scold and reason with a cranky teenager, and listen for a long time to a young mother whose record of staying off drugs is not quite spotless...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Soul of a Small Town | 5/3/1999 | See Source »

...Next week, the Crimson team hopes will continue its spotless record against the hopelessly incompetent Harvard Independent...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: The Crimson's Softball Team Wins Again | 4/19/1999 | See Source »

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