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Word: coasting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Value makes us happy, but not at the expense of quality or prestige. This insight afforded us through the study of Price Club might explain the unbelieveable success of a similar institution, Potomac Mills Mall, which may very well be the largest outlet mall on the East Coast...

Author: By Chana R. Schoenberger, | Title: An Ode to the Puritan Ethic | 2/24/1997 | See Source »

...real terms, the Canton-Pots-dam trip is Harvard hockey's equivalent of the West Coast swing for the Celtics or the Bruins. You feel very far away from home; geography allows the parents of some of the Canadian players a rare chance to see their kids play; each point taken from each game can slingshot your season forward...

Author: By Darren Kilfara, | Title: Pointing | 2/24/1997 | See Source »

Need we remind you that both the Celtics and Bruins recently completed West Coast swings of their own without so much as a solitary notch in the "W" column? Both of those teams are basement-dwellers in their respective conferences; and though Harvard still has four teams between itself and the ECAC cellar, somehow comparisons with the B's and C's seem apt for a team dangerously close to flunking out of the 1996-97 season...

Author: By Darren Kilfara, | Title: Pointing | 2/24/1997 | See Source »

...played against the best players on both coasts, Zimmerman found it difficult to gain the respect his play merited. Traditionally, the best water polo players are found in California and on the West coast. In fact, all of this year's first and second Team all-Americans are from Californian universities. Consequently, upon hearing that Zimmerman was from the Midwest, many water polo experts refused to believe he could play with the best...

Author: By Grant D. Wiens, | Title: Zimmerman Surprises First, Then Excels | 2/20/1997 | See Source »

...competition isn't the real thing and is only "Broadway." One does not have to be in Olympic condition to compete and perform as a professional, but it certainly gives one an edge and garners the respect of the fans. Unfortunately, Baiul thought she could enter the pros and coast. What she must do--after her back is completely healed, of course--is go back to the gym, get on the ice and work hard. She has to realize that life is not all fun and games. KARA PESTER Modesto, California...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Feb. 17, 1997 | 2/17/1997 | See Source »

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