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Word: asking (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...does this seat swivel?" I ask...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Greetings From America's Secret Capitals | 7/13/1998 | See Source »

...that's how Royce gets through the day. "People say I'm lying, but I like coming in here," says Royce. "I can't sit still. You can ask my wife...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Greetings From America's Secret Capitals | 7/13/1998 | See Source »

With millions of dollars at stake, you don't flip a coin. You ask Des Moines...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Greetings From America's Secret Capitals | 7/13/1998 | See Source »

...they talk about getting to work. "That person you're relying on may be your best friend," says instructor Rebecca Breit. "But are they reliable?" Many need the concept of "boss" explained. "So many of the students who come in have had 20 or 25 jobs," says Breit. "You ask them why, and they say, 'He told me to sweep the floor, and I didn't think it was my job.'" And then there's resolving disputes. "Sometimes that's an interesting class because they'll say, 'I'd just flatten them,'" says Breit. "Some of their lives have been...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dressed For Success | 7/13/1998 | See Source »

...paid a salary of $160,000 plus stock options, had offered a program of New Life seminars, which failed dismally. "Those were seminars where you had to admit you had a problem before you came," he says. "I thought we could reach more people if we could ask, What can we do for you?" That psychotherapy-under-another-name worked, and the movement collected a roster of upbeat dispensers of inspiration, such as Sheila Walsh, author of Never Give It Up, and Barbara Johnson, of Where Does a Mother Go to Resign? To enhance the illusion of intimacy, the speakers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Female Of The Species | 7/13/1998 | See Source »

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