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Word: america (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...shame Stanley Kubrick isn't alive to make "Dr. Strangelove 2: How I Learned to Stop Engaging and Love the Cold War." Half a century after the freeze began with two big bangs and a decade after it ended with a long Russian whimper, could America really be headed back to its bomb shelters? Clinton, the president who tried, perhaps too fervently, to gain China instead of lose it all over again, is now being excoriated as the man who lost the U.S. instead. He gave them supercomputers for their infrastructure, and they used them to build bombs. He gave...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What If We Declared Cold War Two and Nobody Came? | 5/27/1999 | See Source »

...team was also at George Mason for the Intercollegiate Association of Amateur Athletics of America (IC4A) meet...

Author: By William P. Bohlen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Gyorffy, Taylor Qualify For Track Nationals | 5/26/1999 | See Source »

...really am not attaching a whole lot of significance to the racial aspect," Bundles said. "This is really much more about Johnetta Cole being one of the premier women educators in America...

Author: By Jason M. Goins, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Radcliffe Medal Given to Former Spelman Pres. | 5/26/1999 | See Source »

That was the plan, but America's Promise hit a few bumps. For weeks the phones were on the fritz, and there were too few people to handle too many offers to help. More hands came on board, thanks to grants from the Pew Charitable Trusts and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, but Powell discovered something else: he is America's Promise. To paraphrase Woody Allen, 80% of success is showing up, and Powell saw that he would need to increase his showing up from a quarter of his time to well over half. He keeps the schedule of a candidate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Once Again on the March | 5/24/1999 | See Source »

...YMCA, all of which have deep roots in their communities. Powell is especially fond of the Boys & Girls Clubs because they know how to deliver the services. They have received a huge infusion of cash. As a result, they have increased their original commitment to America's Promise: they plan to serve a million kids by 2002, instead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Once Again on the March | 5/24/1999 | See Source »

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