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Word: actualities (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Guarino almost scored just minutes before her actual goal on a similar play...

Author: By Barat Samy, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: W. Soccer Notebook | 11/15/1999 | See Source »

...Rock and roll demands attention because it is made by losers who never got any before; pop is made by pretty boys and jocks and all the kids at Archie's Riverdale High, who have, y'know, problems and all, but never feel compelled to open up and bleed--actual plasma all pouring out over your chest as you scream incoherently--on stage, pace Iggy. Or just listen to "Search and Destroy" on the Stooge's Raw Power album: this is one of the most earnest and moving performances recorded. And so it's a total pleasure when Iggy follows...

Author: By Benjamin L. Mckean, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Concert Review: Pop Goes the Rock Star | 11/12/1999 | See Source »

...feel about introducing actual sex into a Jane Austen movie...

Author: By Benjamin Cowan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: INTERVIEW WITH ALESSANDRO NIVOLA | 11/12/1999 | See Source »

...Federal Reserve, the main bank regulator, quickly granted Weill and his new partner, co-CEO John Reed from Citi, a grace period to sort things out. Long before they would have to do any actual sorting, though, Congress is now fixing things for good. President Clinton is expected to soon sign a bill repealing the decades-old restrictions that have divided brokerage and banking into infusible industries. The bill sweeps aside the Glass-Steagall Act and blesses the brave new banking world embodied in Weill's $689 billion behemoth, Citigroup. Lest there be doubt as to how fully Weill routed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bank On Change | 11/8/1999 | See Source »

FRONT-SEAT DRIVER For the past 14 months, Progressive, the country's fifth-largest auto insurer, has been testing an optional pay-as-you-go system in Texas, using black boxes to track drivers' activity, including when and where they are going, via satellite. Monthly invoices are based on actual usage--the less you drive, the less you pay--and so far, Houston drivers have saved an average of 25% on their premiums. Progressive plans to launch the program in other states in the near future. Privacy advocates are concerned that despite safeguards, the information could by used against...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Brief: Nov. 8, 1999 | 11/8/1999 | See Source »

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