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Word: eyeful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...this day of ocean-spanning satellite cameras, the viewing public is warned earlier ?- and titillated more meticulously ? than ever before. Like voyagers to Kong Island, we heard the slow, ominous drumbeat long before we glimpsed the beast. Eye-popping computer models, resplendent in oranges and greens, swirled on television screens; mass-market CNN and cultish Weather Channel competed for wide eyeballs with nonstop coverage. On September 11, CNN.com could already trumpet the coming of Floyd "picking up steam," though it was still in its Category 2 infancy, crawling at 10 mph, and hundreds of miles from the Florida Coast...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Floyd and Ft. Worth: A Tale of Two Stories | 9/17/1999 | See Source »

...takes pride in a job well done ushering a new class onto campus. It is a shame that it will take another few weeks before first-years will get a real taste of Harvard's student body--thankfully, slightly less perky, and regrettably, a little less pleasing to the eye...

Author: By Noah Oppenheim, | Title: My Crimson Key Problem and Ours | 9/17/1999 | See Source »

With 40 seconds remaining in regular time of Harvard's round-of-16 playoff game at Ohiri Field, a George Mason forward, who was playing a loose ball, kicked Browning in the face, resulting in a broken bone directly under Browning's eye...

Author: By Amy E. Ooten, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Senior Anne Browning Leaves Goal for Seat in Boat | 9/17/1999 | See Source »

...earth's atmosphere. These strong thunderstorms develop into tropical storms as they suck warm surface water to the top of the storm. This warm water is released upward into the cooler air, creating dense clouds and a concentrated area of low pressure that surrounds a spiraling, eerily calm eye. Powerful, counterclockwise winds pick up speed as they move over and feed of off warm water, and when they reach speeds of 74 mph or more, the storms are reclassified as hurricanes. Unfortunately for residents of the eastern U.S., the Caribbean and Central America, late-summer conditions in the central Atlantic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is Global Warming Behind the Current Swirl of Hurricanes? | 9/14/1999 | See Source »

President Clinton, it seems, will go to almost any length to keep Hillary's name in the public eye--even halfway around the world to New Zealand to meet with SIR EDMUND HILLARY. The White House has penciled in a meeting with the Mount Everest conqueror, 80, a living legend in his homeland and probably the most famous New Zealander ever (his face even graces the local $5 bill), during Clinton's state visit next week following the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting in Auckland. Sir Edmund won't, however, meet the Rodham Clinton Hillary, who is staying home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Travel | 9/13/1999 | See Source »

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