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...game when I played him it was an absolute clobber," said Wolfberg. "I think he used all his letters six times. I'd never seen that done before...

Author: By Malka A. Older, | Title: Graduate Student Wins Scrabble Championship | 7/30/1996 | See Source »

...surrendered my life to Christ I'd have, like, spiritual handcuffs on me. I had this picture of this God in heaven who had, like, a big stick, and if I surrendered my life, he'd just wait for me to go to the left or right and clobber me." At the same time, he yearned: "Something was missing. There was that emptiness you can't explain. There wasn't that joy; there wasn't that fulfillment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER | 5/13/1996 | See Source »

...Defense on First and Fifth Amendment grounds this week, in anticipation of the policy's October introduction. Some of the plaintiffs will allow themselves to be named. Others have elected to remain anonymous -- hoping to challenge Sam Nunn's rebuttable presumption without affording their military employers an opportunity to clobber them with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: See You in Court | 8/2/1993 | See Source »

...Thanks to the steady decline in mortgage rates, his business is growing rapidly. The company has nearly doubled its work force since 1986, while reinvesting roughly two-thirds of profits in new equipment and office space. But Goodrich worries a lot. His fear: a deficit-reduction package that will clobber many small firms like his. "This is a job-creating company that the government should help, not penalize," he complains. "I'd rather have Bush's recession than Clinton's tax increases...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How The Small-Business Owner Gets Clobbered | 7/12/1993 | See Source »

...jump in interest rates would also clobber the bond market, to which mutual-fund buyers have flocked as well. Bonds took off on a powerful rally last November that has pushed long-term yields to their lowest level in 20 years (the higher a bond's price, the lower its interest yield). A spurt in interest rates would have the opposite effect, halting the boom and sending bond prices spiraling down...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Long Will the Bull Run? | 5/17/1993 | See Source »

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