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Word: doings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Do not call that 800 number. The Who Wants To Be a Millionaire people are tempting you--with their money, their fame and the opportunity to sit in a small room with Regis Philbin. Do not be fooled, no matter how good a living-room contestant you are. What they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: You Do Not Want to Be a Millionaire | 11/22/1999 | See Source »

I'd like to blame the hostage-like environment for my behavior on the show, but I don't think that was it. You see, for some reason, I seemed to like pressing the buzzer very much. What I didn't enjoy was waiting for the host to finish asking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: You Do Not Want to Be a Millionaire | 11/22/1999 | See Source »

Let my story be a warning. On the first week of Millionaire, contestant Paul Locharernkul said to Regis, "I feel like I'm sitting on the toilet and all of America is watching me." Think about it: even if you ace the questions, you might say something like that on...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: You Do Not Want to Be a Millionaire | 11/22/1999 | See Source »

SENTENCED. MARK MANES, 22, to six- and three-year prison terms for selling a handgun to Dylan Klebold, one of the teens responsible for the massacre at Columbine, and for possessing a sawed-off shotgun; in Golden, Colo. At the sentencing hearing, transcripts of a videotape were read in which...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Nov. 22, 1999 | 11/22/1999 | See Source »

A. You know how geeks like to quote movies, thinking that cultural references make them cool? Well, who do you think makes e-mail viruses? This reference is to the Seinfeld episode where the gang meets a sick young man who has to live in a bubble. The corrupted e...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ask Dr. Notebook | 11/22/1999 | See Source »

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