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Word: bellyful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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"I've had this belly for 250 years," he merrily jokes, laughing normally at first, then shifting into the "Ho ho ho!" that has become second nature.

Author: By Elizabeth A. Gudrais and David C. Newman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: 'Tis the Season to Work for Square Employers | 12/15/1999 | See Source »

Slowly, and almost unconsciously, banal daily events take on a greater depth of meaning, because not only is Rosetta poor, she and her mother live in a near-animalistic state. Rosetta earns paltry sums of money by selling repatched clothes to a local second-hand shop, catches fish with a...

Author: By James Crawford, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Rosetta's Chilling Portrait | 12/3/1999 | See Source »

His son shook things up even more, not only changing his name to honor the new god (Akhenaten means "one who serves Aten") but also banishing the older gods, especially the priestly favorite Amen. Some scholars believe Akhenaten's monotheism, a historic first, inspired the Hebrew prophets, but it had...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Archaeology: Pharaohs Of The Sun | 11/22/1999 | See Source »

Tajiri preserved the world of his childhood in Pokemon. In the late '70s, the rice fields gave way to shopping centers, and the ponds were paved over to make way for apartment buildings, highways and train lines. "A fish pond would become an arcade center," he says. Pokemon, he says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Beware of the Poke Mania | 11/22/1999 | See Source »

Today, like every day, a woman and her toddler girl board me at the stop just past The Plough and the Stars. Today, like every day, all of the other passengers smile and coo as the pair finds a seat. The woman is pretty--fine-featured and petite; the daughter...

Author: By Lisa J. Powell, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Diary of a Bus | 11/18/1999 | See Source »

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