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Word: ad (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...University, just trying to figure out the extent of the problem instituted the need for a full-time ad hoc Faculty committee to figure out exactly who was working at Harvard...

Author: By Marc J. Ambinder and M. DOUGLAS Omalley, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Does Harvard Have a Responsibility to Make Employees Part of the Community | 10/5/1999 | See Source »

After batting against Morris in practice, the Owls now saw their opponents' pitches as if they were in slow motion and made it to the second round of the play-offs. Morris heard a radio ad for a tryout with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in a neighboring town. So last June 19, in 103[degree] heat, the 35-year-old showed up with his mitt and his three young children...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Oldest Rookie | 10/4/1999 | See Source »

...AD: This club is reknowned for its world famous hand soap and fabulous moisturizers. When asked about their club, AD members blush and, sinfully munching on a slice of poundcake, comment, "Well, we do pride ourselves on our scented, perfumed, delicately artistic hands." The AD look tends towards the funkiest of vintage clothing, and club enthusiasm keeps the pillows always well fluffed...

Author: By Nicholas J. Pinto and Matthew N. Stoller, S | Title: Shopping for Final Clubs | 9/28/1999 | See Source »

What spooks the nets is that PVRs could, theoretically, strip out their ads and insert ads of their own, and ultimately upset the entire system of ad-based TV. "These boxes are not a simple piece of consumer electronics, like a VCR," says Bert Carp, attorney for the coalition...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Here Come PVRs | 9/27/1999 | See Source »

...what can be built on it. To reach an inlet, you'd have to build a long pier to cross the marsh. He's asking $20,000 for it, and even as Hurricane Floyd approached last week, Taylor was fielding calls from prospective buyers who had read his classified ad in out-of-state newspapers. "They know a good deal when they see it," he says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Very Close Call | 9/27/1999 | See Source »

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