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Word: dots (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...little skeptical a few sentences down however, when she referred to "the legible, proud, upright standing 'I' of April, crowned by a huge accent-like-dot, which looks like a huge wild bird, flying over the i, not yet sure of landing directly on the vowel i." Bernard started out life as an actress, and her flair for the dramatic still showed...

Author: By Matthew M. Hoffman, | Title: The Content of His Character | 5/10/1991 | See Source »

...huge i-dot comma over 'stine' gives us the assurance that his libido is full in enfolding his psychic and physical forces...

Author: By Matthew M. Hoffman, | Title: The Content of His Character | 5/10/1991 | See Source »

...motorists, an increased number of theftproof places to park bicycles, and promotional campaigns pointing out the environmental and health benefits could encourage the use of two-wheelers. Sabo doesn't ride a bicycle. But his two daughters, who do, probably could tell him as much as a high-priced DOT study...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Catfish That Oinks . . . | 4/22/1991 | See Source »

Belize has rain forest, jaguars, waterfalls, toucans and, after Australia's, the largest coral barrier reef in the world. It was also one of the great centers of Mayan civilization. Ruins -- still largely unrestored, insufficiently studied and besieged by tomb robbers -- dot the lowland forests: the pyramids of Xunantunich and Altun Ha and the vast complex of Caracol, which in the 6th to 7th centuries was the rival of Tikal, across the Guatemalan border...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Blissing Out in Balmy Belize | 4/22/1991 | See Source »

...there is no greater place for those with the "shop till you drop" attitude than Kittery, a town that is nothing less than the Mecca of factory outlets. In an utterly disgusting display of commercialism and poor community planning, more than 14 malls dot a three-mile section of Route...

Author: By Julian E. Barnes, | Title: Life in the Slow Lane | 3/5/1991 | See Source »

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