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Word: briefness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Walker, who has faced criticism for poor play this year, reversed that fortune in a brief moment...

Author: By William P. Bohlen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Goin' Bohlen: Court-ship Classic | 4/21/1999 | See Source »

This year's IV has performed well, winning the first three races of its brief six-race season. On April 3, they drove past Cornell and Penn at the Matthews Cup, held in Philadelphia on the Schuylkill River. One week later they beat Dartmouth and MIT decisively in the Biglin Bowl, which took place on he home course. The next day, they journeyed to Princeton for a showdown with Rutgers, where again they prevailed by over eight seconds on the 2000-meter course...

Author: By Josh Dienstag, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: M. Lightweight Crew Prepared for season's Close | 4/21/1999 | See Source »

...brief but spectacular marriage of Dennis Rodman and Carmen Electra is officially over. The union lasted only five months, but the two experienced as many highs and lows as a couple married twice as long. A few of the most noteworthy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Apr. 19, 1999 | 4/19/1999 | See Source »

...sold out. But this adaptation of Julian Barnes' first novel, by director Philip Saville and screenwriter Adrian Hodges, has some good things going for it. They understand that it isn't politics, Pop Art or drugs that would come permanently to haunt the memories of that brief, lost time for people like Chris. It's the sex, stupid. And the freedom that era offered to pursue it across all sorts of formerly formidable barriers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Family Values | 4/19/1999 | See Source »

...even more irritating talk radio? Jazz up your morning routine with a wake-up horoscope, inspirational saying or your own good-morning message instead. mrwakeup.com offers a free hotel-style call service that gives you the time, weather and choice of greeting. For custom messages, just type in a brief sentence to be read aloud in a synthesized voice. Then select the time and date, enter your phone number and wait for the call. The catch? You have to listen to an ad first thing in the morning...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Your Technology Apr. 19, 1999 | 4/19/1999 | See Source »

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