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Word: bunche (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...learned about the Boston Tea Party. It was the one thing you actually found entertaining about American history--a bunch of stuffy New England wig-wearers disguised as Indians, recklessly destroying property. This spring break, confront that repressed wish to reenact the scene. The Boston Tea Party Museum has a full-size replica of the Beaver II anchored in the exact spot the Party occurred; visitors get to throw a full bale of tea overboard themselves (this time attached to a rope) and will be rewarded with a complimentary cup of tea afterward. The museum also has multi-media displays...

Author: By Meredith L. Petrin, | Title: a boston childhood | 3/25/1999 | See Source »

Orchard Bar, 200 Orchard St., between Houston and Stanton Streets (673-5350): The desolate, gray-tinged terraria lining the walls set the tone: the crowd here shows about as much energy as a bunch of sunning reptiles...

Author: By Dorothy Parker, | Title: nyc | 3/25/1999 | See Source »

...lovers of large winged-creatures-or more accurately, dead, large, winged-creatures-face quite a quandary. But we are a resourceful bunch. We seek out lesser-known creatures, creatures under the radar of government regulation, creatures that aren't too quick and aren't too slow-creatures who cry out, "Please kill us!" Late at night, we gather in small posses, we adorn ourselves in black, and we hunt down these birds. It is our duty, our calling. For the past three years we have lain dormant, waiting for the time to pounce once again...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Birds of Prey | 3/23/1999 | See Source »

...instinctive ability to arrive where a ball was about to land. My own experience was confined to a single game, the first I ever saw, when DiMaggio, suffering from a bone spur, was on his last legs. The mother of a boy in our neighborhood took a bunch of us to the Stadium. DiMaggio hit a drive into the upper deck in right. "You'll never forget that," said my friend's mother...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Joe DiMaggio: A Hero in Deep Center | 3/22/1999 | See Source »

NIXON "I want the whole g__d____ bunch gone after. Put down./ I also want Otis Chandler's income taxes.../ We're going after the Chandlers,/ Every one of those sons...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: America's Most Wanted | 3/22/1999 | See Source »

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