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Word: flips (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
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...lions seemed a tad catty on a night when the journalists' row stood visibly empty and the networks stood down - those watching Bradley, and then keynoter Rep. Harold Ford Jr., had to flip to stay ahead of the Teddy and Caroline tour of the convention-hall news desks. For Gore, who has many minds still to change, this night of challenging praise may prove bedeviling. Luckily for him, much of America wasn't watching...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Did the Liberal Lions Roar Too Loud for Gore? | 8/16/2000 | See Source »

Today at the convention Woods' targets are balloons and eggs suspended on wires above the V.H.A.'s target range, and he destroys them with ease and confidence. Still, he prefers aiming at live prairie dogs. "We have competitions," he says, "to see who can flip one up onto the barbed-wire fence and hang it there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Reducing Varmints to Mist | 8/7/2000 | See Source »

...Flip channels. The leader of an educational group espousing Republican educational platform is introduced to the cheery strains of Sam Cooke's "Wonderful World" ("Don't know much about history...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 'I Want My Doris Kearns Goodwin!' | 8/2/2000 | See Source »

...MAIL, MOST ANYWHERE MailStation ($99, $9.95 a month), from Cidco Inc., based in Morgan Hill, Calif., is the size of a hardcover tome and very portable, with a small but readable flip-up screen. The company provides access with local dial-ups from most U.S. cities, but only e-mail is available--no surfing. Like nearly every other Internet appliance, Cidco commits you to its own Internet service when you buy the device...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: For Superhighway Late Starters | 7/24/2000 | See Source »

...FLIP TAX Property flipping--buying a home, renovating it and reselling it at a higher price--is smart business. But a recent Senate investigation found that this practice--with a fraudulent twist--is on the rise in major cities. Shady brokers are flipping properties using inflated appraisals and falsified renovation documents. Be sure to check out mortgage lenders and brokers as well as the property, or hire a closing attorney...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Brief: Jul. 24, 2000 | 7/24/2000 | See Source »

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