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Word: dot (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...quietly. But the "sports-as-entertainment" mentality, I think, is disappearing with us. Gone is "the spectacle," to be replaced by "personality." You'll hear an awful lot about Sean Wissman's Kansas upbringing in the next year and dot pictures on the editorial page, perhaps. People don't want the razor-sharp dissections as much as general appreciation. I call the new style the "ex-jock" trend...

Author: By John B. Trainer, | Title: A Desultory Philippic | 1/26/1994 | See Source »

...there is half the fun. Taking the shuttle is not only a safe, reliable and practical way to get across campus. It can be amusing as well. The 9:25 shuttle to Lamont arrived a little early--a welcome sight for frozen shuttle riders. At 9:25 on the dot, the shuttle took off, mercifully picking up a few students at an unscheduled stop in front of Schoenhoff...

Author: By Joshua D. Fine, | Title: Little Red Riding Bus | 12/9/1993 | See Source »

...first exposure to Hollusion prints was last June, in my cousin's house. They had a print of a multicolored dot design hanging from their living room wall entitled "Dinosaurs." I was told to look at my reflection, and the dinosaurs should appear in 3D. I stared, growing more frustrated every second as my cousins looked on and laughed. The whole family got involved, and every minute or so, another relative announced that they saw something...

Author: By Joshua D. Fine, | Title: Now you don't see it, Now you don't see it | 11/11/1993 | See Source »

...venture operates alongside conventional collection services. Bright orange city trucks service regular rubbish bins, while purple DSD vehicles empty yellow containers set aside for trash -- mainly plastics and metals -- bearing the Green Dot, which signifies that the owner has paid DSD to recycle (average bill per package: 25 cents...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World-Class Litterbugs | 10/18/1993 | See Source »

...Germany is very high." He says DSD executives gave guarantees they knew could not be met. "They knew they did not have the technology in place." Wolny and others want to compel producers to cut plastic packaging by up to 50%. And the Greens, meanwhile, feel the Green Dot gives their party a bad name. They would like to banish the misleading symbol altogether...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World-Class Litterbugs | 10/18/1993 | See Source »

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