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Word: doleful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
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...again Christian President; Clinton once owned a pickup truck with AstroTurf carpeting in the back. Carter won because he seemed a simple, honorable antidote to the excessive dishonesty of the Nixon era. Clinton won because he was far more talented than his opponents--George H. W. Bush and Bob Dole--but also because he rejected his party's orthodoxy on crime (especially the death penalty), welfare reform, free trade and fiscal conservatism. One could argue that the only winning strategy for Democrats in the past nine presidential campaigns has been camouflage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How To Build A Better Democrat | 5/19/2003 | See Source »

...company does business with a number of pharmaceutical companies that sell some products specifically for men or for women. Rest rooms, he says, are an ideal place to reach men only or women only. It's a shame that Pfizer didn't figure that out before putting Bob Dole on TV in front of God and everybody else to stump for Viagra...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Advertising: There's No Escape | 5/5/2003 | See Source »

MORE STORIES Nation: Living in Bill's Shadow Notebook: 10 Questions for Bob Dole Science: Mission to Mars More Stories...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Saddam is Gone, But What About His Weapons? | 5/1/2003 | See Source »

...figure out what she means by that. I finish the beer within ten minutes but since I’m so afraid that speaking up will expose my chirpy voice, I spend half an hour waiting for Amy to ask me if I want my check. I nod meekly, dole the money onto the bar and slink out, not waiting for the change...

Author: By Mandy H. Hu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Drag Diary | 4/24/2003 | See Source »

Dramatic Arts: “The lack of (non-breakfast) bacon within your walls fills me with an ire and misery almost too painful to recall. More bacon! I require more bacon at the salad bar (real bacon, not the synthetic trash you dole out in clumps, like the artificial ‘beggin strips’ thrown to dogs on daytime television). More steak sauces! Where is my beloved, A1 with her delicate hands, and ever-shifting countenance (bold, spicy, rich and tangy...

Author: By David M. Debartolo, | Title: Concentrating on Food | 4/24/2003 | See Source »

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