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Word: fasting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...first when we want to go north," he explains. Tom informs me that riding in a car driven by a consultant is not always the best idea, since they have a strange propensity for fender-benders. Not only do consultant drivers want to get where they're going as fast as possible, says Wang, but "they are life-long overachievers and they just want to win." Tom agrees. "I'm not really satisfied unless I'm the first one in line for the light--I mean, look how far back we are!" We were five cars back from the intersection...

Author: By David M. Rosenblatt, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Consulting Consultants | 12/2/1999 | See Source »

...That's a good question; I have no idea. Everything is moving so fast... [Electronic music] is strong. It's not going anywhere, but I don't know how much bigger it will get. I think it holds a really strong underground position that I don't think it will relinquish any time soon...

Author: By Lisa J. Powell, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: DJ Dope: Fifteen Questions for Tym Ryan | 12/2/1999 | See Source »

...against the evils of "it" pens and reckless em-dashing; others spoke more generally about replacing fluff with humor and analysis. The best part came when we asked our candidates to describe FM in three adjectives. We got some eyebrow-raising responses: "blase," "slick," "sexy," "caffeinated," "unpredictable," "hip," "light," "fast-paced," "revealing," "witty," "lighthearted," "authoritative," "entertaining," "original" and "flashy," they supplied. Last year around this time, my application proposed "sharp," "ironic" and "disenchanted." FM has changed, and I don't know what...

Author: By Anna M. Schneider-mayerson, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Editor's Note: Work In Progress | 12/2/1999 | See Source »

...game. After a particularly ugly sequence in which both teams turned the ball over and committed fouls, 6'8 freshman forward Onnie Mayshak read a Cielebak pass and picked it off at midcourt. With the crowd cheering and no defender in front of him, Mayshak finished off the fast break with a thundering dunk that brought down the house and the lead...

Author: By Rahul Rohatgi, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Marist Outfoxes M. Basketball, 87-82 | 12/1/1999 | See Source »

...would react with the same outpouring should 12 of our students die in such a calamity (For you math wizards, that's one out of every 500 of our students. A&M has around 46,000). Surely we would not make a sad face and retire back to our fast-as-hell internet connection...

Author: By J. MITCHELL Little, A LITTLE PAST LITTLE ROCK | Title: "We Need CPR and First-aid . . ." | 11/30/1999 | See Source »

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