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Word: goofed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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There have been, intervening, two decades, a couple of marriages, one son, a hurtful professional divorce and a group of exquisite albums. But that Troubled Water question, framed as an up-tempo goof but phrased suddenly like a suicide note, still stands. Let's consider it more benignly, as a kind of standing offer: "Why don't you write me/ I'm out in the jungle/I'm hungry to hear you." And take him up on it, at last...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PAUL SIMON: Songs of A Thinking Man | 11/12/1990 | See Source »

...because you do not take a real cut at the ball. If you would put more power behind your swing, you would improve your batting average 100%." Bush added that he took the advice, and brought his average up over .250. This story has been retold as a goof on Bush: no bat then, no oomph now. But it ) cuts two ways, for Bush put in the work and did improve himself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: The Leadership Thing | 7/30/1990 | See Source »

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