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Word: fad (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
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...total disaster either. Jackson is as fast with a contemptuous quip as he is with his fists; and if he is not quite the cool sexual outlaw that his predecessor was, that's all right too, since "blaxploitation" was never more than a passing fad--a more or less genial way of asserting black studdishness while giving white liberals the jimjams...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Has Shaft Been Shafted? | 6/26/2000 | See Source »

...Originally, the eaters were skeptical, but by the time the pots were empty, they concluded the fad would last at least a year...

Author: By Victoria C. Hallett, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Room by Room: The Story of One Entryway | 6/8/2000 | See Source »

...call feng shui (phong schway) a nutty fad, but this Eastern art of furniture placement has been facilitating living room energy flow for over 4,000 years. Here, FM plays Master of Decor and points out feng shui do's and don'ts, stopping two Harvard venues from becoming xiong zai (houses of doom...

Author: By Nina O. Yuen, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Feng Who? Feng Shui. Ahh. | 4/20/2000 | See Source »

Despite the rush of money chasing the incredible returns, possibly building up a speculative bubble, Meyer says that venture capital investment should not be labeled as a fad. He notes that venture capital is at the heart of the capitalist economy, in some ways more than stock market investing...

Author: By Daniel P. Mosteller, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Venture Capital Brings Harvard Riches | 4/18/2000 | See Source »

...Heights that Syria would like to recover 19. It may have an EIK 21. Novi __, Serbia 22. Alaska's first Governor 23. It's worth about a penny 24. He now wants to ban "soft money" 25. They want to resume talks with India over Kashmir 26. '90s fad item 28. Yale is tops in this, according to U.S. News and World Report 29. Hood's handgun 30. Farrakhan's Nation of __ 32. In debt 35. Auctioneer's word 36. Columnist Joseph or Stewart 37. Brandon __ (Hilary Swank Oscar-winning role) 39. Mrs. Dithers 40. What Juan needed to come...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: News Quiz Crossword Apr. 17, 2000 | 4/17/2000 | See Source »

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