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Word: godly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...hate to say it, but it affirmed my worst possible nightmares of what was possible. I just never felt comfortable here," says Korhonen, who had never met Shepard. "When I walked out of the apartment to my car, it was, 'Oh, my God.' This could have happened to any one of us. It could have been me. It was the most terrifying moment. You know this is real; you go out into the dark; and it's everything adding...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: To Be Young And Gay In Wyoming | 10/26/1998 | See Source »

There's a touch of homophobia in the Wyoming legislature, state representative Mike Massie of Laramie tells you. It's a religious thing, he says. God has apparently channeled his thoughts on gays through a few good ole boys in Cheyenne...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: To Be Young And Gay In Wyoming | 10/26/1998 | See Source »

Pale, fleshy groupies surround him on all sides, adoration in their eyes. Some are overwhelmed, speechless in his presence. Some ask for his autograph; some just want to thank him for all that he's done for them. Some call him a god and want to be among his disciples, helping spread the word...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Mighty Finn | 10/26/1998 | See Source »

...Dalai Lama or Deepak Chopra or even Mark McGwire. This god is a geek who wears socks with his sandals. His name is Linus Torvalds. He's 28 years old, and his religion is called Linux, after a piece of computer code he wrote for kicks in 1991, while a student at the University of Helsinki, and then loosed upon the world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Mighty Finn | 10/26/1998 | See Source »

...offer a lot of programs for the office or home, and it isn't backed by Microsoft's marketing muscle. For Torvalds these are merely obstacles that can be overcome in time. After all, he has millions of loyal programmers on his team, some of whom call him god...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Mighty Finn | 10/26/1998 | See Source »

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