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Word: churns (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...tiny particles of tungsten or gold with foreign DNA, then shoot the particles directly into plant cells. Either way, the plant's cells start to produce whatever proteins the new genes are designed to make. Immunization begins when the plant or its fruit is eaten, prompting the body to churn out the appropriate antibodies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On the Horizon | 1/11/1999 | See Source »

...Ford's cronies, who were great tool- and diemakers from Scotland, organized teams that added parts to each Model T as it moved down a line. By the time Ford's sprawling Highland Park plant was humming along in 1914, the world's first automatic conveyor belt could churn out a car every 93 minutes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Driving Force: Henry Ford | 12/7/1998 | See Source »

...invested his $10 million farewell gift in building a computerized data service that he turned into a global news service. Today 105,000 Bloomberg terminals light up the desks of banks and brokerages, and the company has expanded into magazines, TV and radio. Bloomberg's media churn out information about interest rates, currency-exchange rates and other streams of data that would have been considered exotic not long ago but are now as much a part of our lives as the sports scores...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Words To Profit By | 12/7/1998 | See Source »

1940s The decade begins with economic and military mobilization. Jobs are available as factories churn 24 hours. The war's end gives rise to the IMF and the World Bank...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Business Of America | 12/7/1998 | See Source »

...concept of a "greatest hits album" is relative in the saturated music industry of today. As long as they still have a pulse, a band/singer can churn out a greatest hits CD, regardless of how many major hits they've had. Case in point: Snow. We all remember his infectious little ditty "Informer" from back in the early 1990s. A masterpice! We couldn't understand what he was saying, but it didn't matter because the song was just so damn catchy! However, only a few more will remember his follow-up single "Girl I've Been Hurt," which rode...

Author: By Annie K. Zaleski, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: U2 THE GOLDEN YEARS... | 11/6/1998 | See Source »

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