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Word: elasticizing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Toward the end of the 19th century scientists believed they were close to a complete description of the universe. They imagined that space was filled everywhere by a continuous medium called the ether. Light rays and radio signals were waves in this ether just as sound is pressure waves in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Brief History of Relativity | 12/31/1999 | See Source »

It's incredibly risky. How elastic is the Amazon brand name? How much can you stretch it until it simply explodes and becomes meaningless to consumers? And how long can the money hold out? Bezos has already burned through a bank's worth of cash with no sign of slowing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jeff Bezos: Bio: An Eye On The Future | 12/27/1999 | See Source »

He defined hooking up as "an elastic, sexual term" that can imply a acts of a wide spectrum.

Author: By Alexis B. Offen, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Tom Wolfe Comments On College Social Life | 11/22/1999 | See Source »

Comfort and practicality dictate each stitch of the chef pant. From their elastic waist to their tapered ankle to their baggy leg, these products of utilitarian chic can make or break the cooking experience of any nouveau chef. Traditionally made from swatches of dense checkered cloth or European hound's...

Author: By A. B. Osceola, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Chef Pants | 11/18/1999 | See Source »

I don't get it. To sit around in a tuxedo and plastic lei, a conical hat affixed to your head with an elastic chin strap, washing down fish eggs with carbonated white wine, as some glorified Bar Mitzvah band plays Public Enemy's Don't Believe the Hype, has...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Don't Believe the Hype | 11/1/1999 | See Source »

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