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Word: flips (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...chief petty officer. He was eventually convicted of assault, but LaFrancis can never forget how often she feared for her life. Her terror was compounded by six guns he had illicitly stashed in their Navy-owned house in Groton, Conn. "I'd worry that one day he'd flip out and use one on me," she says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A FAREWELL TO ARMS | 10/6/1997 | See Source »

...five years earlier; now you can own Chevron and Mobil that way. Disney's move to reinstate direct purchase most likely will have influence outside its industry as well. CEOs of all stripes will probably conclude that it must have good reason--beyond the p.r. pop--for the flip-flop...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE COMPANY STORE | 10/6/1997 | See Source »

...hasn't completely solved the problem of finding beats to match his visual and lyrical audacity. There aren't enough great songs like the current mega-hit "Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See" to overshadow the number of tunes in which the production-done mostly by the Flip Mode Squad-is generic, lagging behind Busta in all his revved up Tasmanian devil glory. When Disaster Strikes, although getting off to an excellent, outrageous start with a monologue from Rudy Ray Moore (a.k.a. Dolemite), is ultimately an uneven album. The album sways between lackluster tracks that never reach...

Author: By Brandon K. Walston, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: [living large] ON A BORING BACKGROUND | 10/3/1997 | See Source »

What's worse, Wit penalizes customers who flip their buys for quick bucks. Selling Wit IPO shares less than two months after you buy them will not only cost you 5% of the sale price but also land you at the back of the line next time around. Klein admits this radical strategy--aimed at both encouraging stay-the-course investing and stroking the underwriters who want to stabilize their young companies' stock--removes one ace from his customers' hands. Still, he argues, buying and holding at the offering price is a better bet than buying during...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MOGULS BY THE MILLION | 9/29/1997 | See Source »

...addition, scientists have begun to get a better understanding of the sun's magnetic properties, which may hold the answer to what generates solar storms. While Earth's north and south magnetic poles have remained in place for the past 30,000 years, the sun's poles flip-flop every 11 years--so that the needles of any would-be solar compasses would swing 180[degrees]. The reversal is preceded by a kind of magnetic sparkling across the sun's surface--as if it were suddenly the site of millions of toy magnets, each with its own poles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EYES ON THE STORM-TOSSED SUN | 9/8/1997 | See Source »

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