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Word: affix (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...tolerant of alcohol advertising, which means Anheuser-Busch needs another way to build a positive association with nature, and that's what mega-event animal saving provides." Indeed, last week the crane operator preparing to hoist J.J. to the ship's deck had to pause for workers to affix a SEA WORLD RESCUE banner to the side of the sling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Aboard the Conifer: My, How You've Grown! | 4/13/1998 | See Source »

...discussed the matter with your spiritual leader. But what can you do--really do--to help NORM MACDONALD get back his job as the anchor of Saturday Night Live's "Weekend Update"? Join our letter-writing campaign! Simply clip out this letter, blow it up 60% on a copier, affix a stamp and send it to Don Ohlmeyer, the man who took away Norm...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jan. 19, 1998 | 1/19/1998 | See Source »

Students on the first floor, which is home to nine first-years in single rooms, and their guests began adding spare pennies to the walls. An information sheet at one end of the hallway also offers visitors putty to affix their coins...

Author: By Adam A. Sofen, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Pennies Plastered Across Hurlbut | 11/10/1997 | See Source »

Cockroaches are used to inhabiting the dark underside of life, but scientists at the University of Tokyo are exploring ways that la cucaracha can become more socially redeeming. Using hardy American roaches, scientists remove their wings, insert electrodes in their antennae and affix a tiny backpack of electric circuits and batteries to their carapace. The electrodes prod them to turn left and right, go backward and forward. The plan is to equip them with minicameras or other sensory devices so that they can crawl into pipes to track vermin or, in a more heroic endeavor, be sent into earthquake rubble...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Jan. 27, 1997 | 1/27/1997 | See Source »

...million-plus, The Preacher's Wife is by far the costliest all-black picture ever produced, making it one of the industry's most closely watched films during this busy holiday season. Of course, even defining what a "black" film is can be tricky. Studios generally affix that label to a picture that not only has a predominantly black cast but also deals with African-American themes. Thus, for movie executives, an Eddie Murphy comedy like The Nutty Professor--a blockbuster that grossed $129 million from a diverse audience--doesn't count; Spike Lee movies do. So does...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: TESTING THE FAITH | 12/16/1996 | See Source »

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