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Word: gum (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Richard A. Daynard, a Northeastern Universitylaw professor who chairs the non-profit TobaccoProducts Liability Project, said Graham'sassociation could have been the reason behind theEd School's decision not to accept a grant fromthe makers of Nicorette--a gum designed to helppeople quit smoking...

Author: By Mark J. Sneider, | Title: Dean Draws Criticism For RJR Involvement | 3/6/1990 | See Source »

With the names of trees you can make a fine pagan bouquet of words: hornbeam, ginkgo, quickbeam, oak, white willow, tamarind, Lombardy poplar, false cypress, elder, laburnum, larch, baobab, black gum, rowan, hazel, whitebeam, tree of heaven...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Forest Of Dreams | 2/12/1990 | See Source »

IFOOLED them. I pulled my tacks out of the wall and meticulously filled the holes with little balls of poster gum. The Superintendent didn't catch me. But she caught everyone else...

Author: By Steven V. Mazie, | Title: Tacks Reform | 1/24/1990 | See Source »

That is, you will if you're an unfortunate first-year student. The fact is that the enforcement of the poster-gum standard is incredibly capricious. The students in my dorm are paying for every nick and scratch, while one senior who pasted checkered wall-paper all over her bathroom got off scot-free, just like another senior who says he left his coffee pot on during winter break...

Author: By Steven V. Mazie, | Title: Tacks Reform | 1/24/1990 | See Source »

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