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Word: baa (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...movie doesn't have its humorous moments. In one scene, Jake helps a police officer get his estranged girlfriend back by composing a song "Oh Marjorie," sung to the tune of "Oh Christmas tree." The sight of the officer bleating out the song in a steak joint as livestock baa in the background is silly (and desperate) enough to be mildly amusing. Still, it's the sort of scene that you know has been done before--a feeling we seem to get often; a class nerd gets shoved into a locker, carollers disperse before an advancing runaway sleigh, the mistletoe...

Author: By Irene J. Hahn, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: HEEEEERRRRRRRREEEEEE'S JOHNNY | 12/4/1998 | See Source »

...shoes that McDermott wore gave way to canvas sneakers that gave way to leather shoes. The start was moved from Ashland to Hopkinton in 1924 in order to lengthen the course to the classic marathon distance. And in recent years, the traditional post-marathon beef stew served by the BAA has been replaced by a pre-marathon pasta party sponsored by Ronzoni. But from the beginning, Boston has been immensely popular: the seventh running of the marathon in 1903 attracted 200,000 spectators. This year an estimated 1.5 million will cheer the runners on as they move from Hopkinton...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOSTON MARATHON: A LONG RUNNING SHOW | 4/15/1996 | See Source »

...lamb's constant repetition of the 'baa' sound, holding both the first two letters of the word 'bad' and a subtle, rhyming link to 'ma,' or mother, indicates her mingled defiance and inability to communicate with her putative guardian. Clearly the lamb has failed to find her voice as a small and fuzzy animal. Even though she is disempowered by the human-exalting hierarchy and the oppressive male sheep, she can still express her hostility toward the primal mother-figure represented by Peep...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dr. Dorksworth's Legacy | 2/9/1995 | See Source »

...baa-aaack...

Author: By Eric F. Brown, | Title: This Week in Baseball | 4/26/1994 | See Source »

...Falafel, baa ganoush, crab Rangoon, chicken vindaloo or salmon roe--you name it and the Square has got it. Ethnic food is the latest in trendy cats and its lucrative entry into one of Cambridge's more competitive districts seems to be proof of its staying power...

Author: By Alec Permson, | Title: Ethnic Eats | 3/20/1993 | See Source »

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