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Word: blankings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...probably thinking that I should be more cynical. Four million people across the United States receive these letters with their names merged into the blank spaces in bold print. Only a couple of people win each year...

Author: By Beth L. Pinsker, | Title: I'm Going to Be a Millionaire | 3/30/1992 | See Source »

Tyrone Sinkler and Ian Moore were standing in a hall of Thomas Jefferson High School, not far from the mayor's security detail. Another student, named Khalil Sumpter, who is 15, allegedly pulled out a .38-cal. revolver and shot Tyrone and Ian at point-blank range. Sumpter had apparently had fistfights with the other boys for weeks. All three had arrest records for robbery and mugging...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Crime Childhood's End | 3/9/1992 | See Source »

...Babar hints at his future by invoking his past. "The only things that have interested me are the things I've started: the movie of the week, the novel for TV ((he bought Roots for ABC)), building that fourth network from a blank piece of paper. Things that haven't been done before don't scare me. So today I feel euphoric and lucky. I can put all my energy into this new project. Whatever it will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Miracle Mogul Walks Out At Fox | 3/9/1992 | See Source »

...Design school. At the Loeb, I put my dollar in to get a VendaCard, but when I tried to put more money on the card, I got another one by mistake. So now one of the cards has a few dollars of credit and the other is blank, useless and not even recylcable...

Author: By Julian E. Barnes, | Title: A Real Problem for Jerry | 3/7/1992 | See Source »

When a leading Swedish newspaper, Expressen, ran two full pages dedicated to the "successes" of the Swedish Olympians, the space was blank. "There weren't any," read an explanation at the bottom of the pages. Swedish Alpine skier Pernilla Wiberg later won a gold medal in the women's giant slalom...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 1992 Winter Olympics: Peaks & Valleys | 3/2/1992 | See Source »

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