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Word: booting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...give the Democrats the boot...

Author: By The EDITORIAL Chairs, | Title: The Crimson's Holiday Ode | 12/20/1994 | See Source »

...returns in a manner that would make Rush Limbaugh proud. Looking as if she had just walked out of an eight-week NOW boot camp, she struts into his office with the utmost confidence. With her hair tied rigidly behind her head and wearing a dark suit, Carol looks nothing like the innocent girl she was before. She looks more like a postmodern witch. Mamet reaches his lowest point with this stereotypical view of women who press sexual harassment charges...

Author: By Jonathan Bonanno, | Title: Sexual Perversity Meets University | 12/1/1994 | See Source »

...game that one would love to burn the videotape of, but since it was televised, even an act of pyromania wouldn't do the job right. With the television timeouts to boot, the game gave you the same sensation you get when you pull off a band-aid very slowly...

Author: By David S. Griffel, | Title: A Bad, Bad Night | 11/23/1994 | See Source »

...STARS, an academic and recreation program targeted at youths. Moreover, where only 25% of the city's youths had higher than a C average four years ago, today 75% are getting C's or better. While it would cost $15,000 to send a miscreant youth to boot camp for a year, STARS spends just $158 a child to provide music and dance lessons, sports and tutoring. When youths participate in such programs, says Wilbur Smith III, the city's mayor, they "start experiencing activities that reward them intellectually and emotionally, and that instills hope. You don't get that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Going Soft on Crime | 11/14/1994 | See Source »

Arafat Gets the Boot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Week October 30 - November 5 | 11/14/1994 | See Source »

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