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Word: greeke (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Atlantan Ted Miltiades watched the FBI's plea for help with its Olympic-bombing investigation on TV last week, he had a shock of recognition: the bomb had exploded directly behind a fan-shaped Greek statue he had been photographing only hours before the deadly blast. Miltiades went back to his photos and found a rear shot of a white man in khaki shorts wearing a knapsack that looked like the one the FBI said had contained the bomb. He called the FBI's hotline, and within minutes an agent was at his door to whisk the picture away...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: OLYMPIAN EFFORTS | 12/23/1996 | See Source »

...subplots aside, it all came down to Texas quarterback James Brown doing what a leader does. His Jimmy-the-Greek-like prediction, teammates later said, gave the team needed confidence...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Longhorns Roll Left and Over Nebraska | 12/13/1996 | See Source »

...colleges, many of them the same elite institutions that produced the lawyers, doctors and corporate executives who live here in large part because of the excellent school system. New Trier offers its students--85% white, 12% Asian, 2% Hispanic and 1% African American--everything from international relations and classical Greek to operatic choir and gourmet food. At New Trier, there's nothing called gym class or phys ed; it's kinetic wellness...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HIGH TIMES AT NEW TRIER HIGH | 12/9/1996 | See Source »

When Henry H. He '00 checked the World Wide Web page for his core course, Literature and Arts C-14, "The Concept of the Hero in Greek Civilization," he randomly came across a contest on course material...

Author: By Adam S. Hickey, | Title: Web Improves Course Impact | 11/12/1996 | See Source »

...Mark Helprin put words in Dole's mouth that had no business being there, and the only person to benefit was Helprin. He had the simple man from Russell describing "the heart of cities" looking from space "like strings of sparkling diamonds," and alluding to Antaeus, the giant in Greek mythology whose strength was replenished when he touched the ground. Then Dole was trapped by that bridge metaphor. It was hardly out of Dole's mouth before Clinton made it a two-way span, with himself poised at the last exit before the 21st century. Dole meanwhile was left behind...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE RULES FROM 1996 | 11/11/1996 | See Source »

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