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Word: crookedness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Another annoying part of the information session is when the firm's representatives try to tell you how special their company is. They all say that they value integrity and hard work and reward dedication, that they put the client first, that they focus on people, that they think creatively...

Author: By David W. Brown, | Title: Job Hunting Hell | 10/30/1996 | See Source »

A major obstacle to finding satisfactory answers is the fact that many Jews in Germany and occupied areas were risking their life when they illegally sent their money out to Switzerland. To protect themselves they depended not only on the secrecy of numbered accounts but also on intermediaries: Swiss lawyers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE GOODS OF EVIL | 10/28/1996 | See Source »

You are deluded if you think that calling me and other Peninsula staffers "reactionaries" will somehow make our position illegitimate. This great nation was founded by wise reactionaries like James Madison, who wrote the Constitution to protect us against innovative power-mongers and their diseased ideologies, which in our century...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Patriot Prefers Picking Garbage to Insulting Journalism | 10/19/1996 | See Source »

Some 3.2 million school-age children--and growing numbers of adults--have their crooked teeth wired to grow straight. Orthodontists now use a nickel-titanium alloy, developed for the space program, to hold braces together. The new wire is more flexible and longer lasting than earlier materials, which means fewer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE HUMAN CONDITION | 9/18/1996 | See Source »

The expressions on the locals' faces were priceless. The middle-aged men sitting around the bar--fully bearded pirates with crooked the teeth and beer bellies--looked satisfied with life and relaxed. Ditto for the women watching the movie intently.

Author: By David L. Greene, | Title: Sailing Away to Buffetville | 8/16/1996 | See Source »

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