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Word: basket (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Coach--set up that 13-point play. I mean, a basket a second and you're right back...

Author: By David S. Griffel, | Title: Give Me A Break! | 2/9/1995 | See Source »

...travel to distant worlds? Aside from humanity's innate curiosity, some say that in the future, there may be a need to vacate planet Earth. Says astronomer Carl Sagan, "There is a long-term historical reason having to do with not putting all our eggs in one planetary basket, given the claims that global catastrophes have overtaken our planet in the past and that one is eventually likely to occur again, even if the chances are very slight...

Author: By David J. Andorsky, | Title: A Space Station Is Too Costly | 2/7/1995 | See Source »

...that's right, the men's basket-ball team is 3-13 overall. And yes, that is quite a bit below .500. A long, long, ways below .500, to be precise...

Author: By Eric F. Brown, | Title: Thoughts On Hoops | 2/2/1995 | See Source »

...very long list of questions. The International Monetary Fund and many major banks, as well as the U.S. government's optimistic and helpful position, will undoubtedly make both international and local investors once more feel comfortable about putting many, if not all, of their eggs in the Mexican basket...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters , Jan. 30, 1995 | 1/30/1995 | See Source »

Erxi is able to recruit a famous doctor from the one of the "cow-pens"--internment camps. Weakened by starvation and abuse, he doctor is barely able to hold his bead up. As Fengxia enters labor, Fugui gets the doctor a basket of hot buns. The delivery is complicated and they call for the doctor, but has eaten so much be can't stand. Fengxia's life hangs by a thread and the only doctor for miles lies unconscious in the next room, stuffed with buns. Zhang Yimou takes inherently bland components and constructs a thing of beauty and dark...

Author: By Jonathan Bonanno, | Title: An Ordinary Man Lives a Poignant Life | 1/13/1995 | See Source »

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