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Word: boxes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...most popular with over 2,000 players at one time, scrambles words in sentences and famous quotes--the first to unscramble the words gets the most points. Linguistics concentrators and English majors may be stumped however; these words are supremely pop-culturesque or simply arcane. Chatting away in a box below the game action, contestants try to destroy each other's concentration with annoying comments...

Author: By F.g. Tilney, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Goodbye Minesweeper, Hello Love Connection | 12/9/1999 | See Source »

...took an ex-girlfriend out and I had in the back a box with champagne and strawberries, and we also had some wine and cheese in the back plus some other pastries and we went into rural Utah, and put a blanket down and sat under the stars...

Author: By FM Staff, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Throwing a Curve Ball: FM Asks the U.C. Presidential Candidates Questions They Never Expected. | 12/9/1999 | See Source »

...Fentrice Driskell's room is a comfortable Mather single: ginger snaps box, lava lamp, empty Chopin imported vodka bottle. Fendrice sat under a Tupac poster and he stared down at her in his gold jewelry and tattoos. She answered questions about cheerleading, thugs, alien invasions, and being a super hero...

Author: By FM Staff, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Throwing a Curve Ball: FM Asks the U.C. Presidential Candidates Questions They Never Expected. | 12/9/1999 | See Source »

...probably important to define what I mean by intellectuals. I mean people who have a tendency to answer questions with questions and to think not inside or outside the box as much as about the box itself. The intellectual may not get the recruiting job or the place in the U.S. Senate, but he or she may win a MacArthur Prize or be invited to Sweden for a hefty award down the line. Many of you may be recoiling in disgust, but if a good philosophical conversation interests you and you can't find the right conversation partner, then...

Author: By Adam I. Arenson, | Title: No Intellectuals Need Apply | 12/9/1999 | See Source »

With senior defenseman Christie MacKinnon in the box for checking, Brown junior captain Tara Mounsey found the loose puck along side the Harvard net. Untouched, she slipped the puck by Springer for a power play goal at 14:06, making the score...

Author: By David R. De remer, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Women's Hockey Blows Three-Goal Lead | 12/9/1999 | See Source »

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