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Word: battler (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...away, such a phenomenal claim merits skepticism. So does the fact that none of the studies have been published, let alone vetted in a peer-reviewed journal. I'd expect better proof of effectiveness before plunking down $40 for an initial 10-day supply of pills--which the cellulite battler is apparently expected to consume indefinitely...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cellulite Hype | 3/22/1999 | See Source »

...also found new stars. He gave Grace Kelly the lead in her first TV drama, two years before High Noon. When James Dean died a week before rehearsals were to begin on a version of Hemingway's The Battler, Coe had young Paul Newman step in; it was a starmaking turn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOOKS: HOW GOLDEN WAS IT? | 8/18/1997 | See Source »

Brush (2-0, 6.43), whom Walsh calls "a battler," managed to beat both Pennsylvania and Yale after falling behind early...

Author: By James Castanino, | Title: Batsmen Battle Brown for Lead in Red Rolfe Division | 4/27/1996 | See Source »

...timely jumpers from all over the floor. In three terms as a Democratic Senator from New Jersey, the Missouri-born, Princeton-educated Bradley (Rhodes scholar, 1965-67) has also been a pretty good team player. He worked hard for his state and was a determined if quixotic battler for such causes as tax reform, equitable water distribution in California and retributive justice for South Dakota's Lakota Sioux...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOOKS: HE SHOOTS, HE DOESN'T SCORE | 1/29/1996 | See Source »

BILL BRADLEY (+5) A keeper. A foreign-trade geek with national stature, a battler and former pro-basketball player who can add sports-star pals to the Clinton cavalcade. Drawback: Is America ready for a double Rhodes Scholar ticket...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Clinton's Veep Prospects: How to Score 'Em | 3/30/1992 | See Source »

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