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Word: gaspingly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Saddam's performance turned out to be the dying gasp of his bloody regime. His supposed defense of Iraq and the greater Arab nation came down to a hollow spectacle. And by Wednesday it had given way to the long-awaited TV images of Iraqis cheering his overthrow. The scenes were particularly jubilant in the Baghdad neighborhood called Saddam City, a dense housing project for Shiite Muslims - a community historically excluded from political power in Iraq. All over the city, the ubiquitous statues of Saddam are being destroyed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Goodbye Saddam, Hello George | 4/9/2003 | See Source »

...front group, and complains about their “guerilla tactics.”  Just what are these tactics? All Kavulla tells us is that GESO members have lobbied for their cause in dining halls, and attended Graduate Student Association (GSA) meetings, where they (gasp!) “control the discourse...

Author: By John C. Mcmillian, | Title: Give Yale Grad Students a Chance | 3/18/2003 | See Source »

...will lead to the purchase of sneakers.” O’Reilly would no doubt be shocked if he actually watched some of Fox’s own programming, including Joe Millionaire, which featured the fetish artist Sarah, or Fastlane, which, in one particularly deviant episode featured (gasp) two women kissing each other in a hot tub. I won’t even mention Melrose Place...

Author: By Erol N. Gulay, | Title: Boycotting the Boycotter | 3/11/2003 | See Source »

...Highlanders took one last gasp, and it looked like Harvard might have a tougher match on its hands when the NJIT evened the score...

Author: By Carrie H. Petri and Lande A. Spottswood, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Men’s Volleyball Upsets Vassar | 3/10/2003 | See Source »

...Last Gasp Britain, home to three of the world's largest tobacco companies, ended all industry advertising last week, among a thick cloud of ads that grabbed some final publicity. The ban, which covers posters, billboards and print, will soon also end sponsorship of sporting events. U.K. tobacco firms spent only €32 million on ads last year, but 1.6 million people saw their billboards every day - which is why the government hopes the ban might finally help snuff out smoking among the young...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No Peace Dividend | 2/16/2003 | See Source »

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