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Word: blocks (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Jimmy Fund families received a special block of tickets for the Saturday matinee, and the children were treated to a pizza and ice cream party...

Author: By Eric S. Barr, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Skaters Dazzle, Amuse in 30th Evening With Champions | 10/18/1999 | See Source »

NAME: 'N Sync AVERAGE AGE: 22 OCCUPATION: Filling the void left by New Kids on the Block BEST PUNCH: After quarreling with its record label over money, announced intention to relocate to Jive Records, current home of Backstreet Boys...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Oct. 18, 1999 | 10/18/1999 | See Source »

NAME: Backstreet Boys AVERAGE AGE: 23 OCCUPATION: Filling the void left by New Kids on the Block BEST PUNCH: Already considering 'N Sync imitators, threatened to leave Jive if rivals arrive, alleging the label won't be able to give both bands adequate attention...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Oct. 18, 1999 | 10/18/1999 | See Source »

...weight loss, scientists say its long-term safety requires further scrutiny. The Food and Drug Administration, which has limited power to regulate herbal remedies, has tried in vain to institute tougher labeling and dosage rules for ephedrine dietary supplements like Metabolife. Ellis and his peers have lobbied heavily to block such oversight, claiming the FDA is basing its concerns on anecdotal evidence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Defending a Diet Pill | 10/18/1999 | See Source »

...Waiting to go on at the hotel, in an oak-paneled room equipped with bar and pool table, the Kroks relax and practice some of their music. Without soloist, they revealed the bare and mindless ba-ba ba-ba's that are the backbone ("block" is the official term) of college a capella. One wonders how even the thrill of the bar (it was nice, to be sure), the gratis filet mignon and the reliable applause could keep them singing this stuff for a dozen hours every week. Although the stirring ballad "Loch Lomond" is referred to simply as "Loch...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Behind the Curtain with the Kroks | 10/14/1999 | See Source »

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