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Word: brooms (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Cedric is no Einstein with a broom," he said. "This is not a Good Will Hunting success story here...

Author: By Jordana R. Lewis, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Student Tells Secret to His Success | 10/14/1998 | See Source »

...eight-year-old buddy "E." was hanging around in hopes of earning some spending money. More soft-spoken than R. but no less ambitious, E. made a routine of dropping in to help manager Shirley Blanton keep the place clean. "He was always willing to pick up a broom," Blanton says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No More Kid Stuff | 8/24/1998 | See Source »

...They tried to hit a Frisbee with a stick," she'll say. Not so. It was a broom. The batter, standing in front of an old barn in the backyard, tried to hit the Frisbee with a broom--no cinch, I can attest, when the pitcher's repertoire included an effective slice ball. Imaginary base runners advanced according to a formula having to do with logarithms. After that, the rules got complicated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Great Game of Frizzball | 8/17/1998 | See Source »

...activity at the site would be noticed by the satellites. The more than 700-ft.-deep shafts into which five nuclear devices will be dropped have already been drilled back in the early 1990s, but there are cables to hitch and instruments to set up. Luckily, seasonal sandstorms broom away telltale tracks of vehicles. Every day India's space scientists calculate how long a "blind spot" will open up for workers when the trajectories of two advanced Lacrosse and two KH-12 satellites take their electronic eyes away from Pokhran...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nukes...They're Back | 5/25/1998 | See Source »

CHINA'S NEW BROOM...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Apr. 13, 1998 | 4/13/1998 | See Source »

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