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Word: hems (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Hockey East-leading Eagles will come out on the attack with the infamous "HEM" line, named after right wing Steve Heinz (18 goals, 23 assists, 41 points), center David Emma (24-36--60) and left wing Marty McInnis (18-26--44). Emma, a speedy 5'9", 170-lb. senior, captains the squad and anchors the offense...

Author: By Daniel L. Jacobowitz, | Title: BC Meets Huskies | 2/4/1991 | See Source »

...scared, you know." But if segregation drove Hampton away from his roots, it also helped drive him back: Florence Heights, the predominantly white west-side neighborhood he chose in Los Angeles, quickly turned all black after his arrival. And while partitions and signs did not hem in the Hamptons' liberty, crime and congestion eventually did. A family of four was killed when a gunman mistook their home for that of an enemy. Another neighbor, about three doors down, lost a son in a shooting, and rival gang members took revenge on the young man even after his death by riddling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: You Can Go Home Again | 12/24/1990 | See Source »

...HEM...

Author: By John B. Roberts, | Title: B.U., B.C.: St. Paul-Bound? | 11/9/1990 | See Source »

...secular saints. Mandela is unique among heroes because he is a living embodiment of black liberation. Like Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer enjoying their own eulogies from a hiding place in the church, he can bathe in the adulation of a worldwide throng yearning to, if not touch the hem of his garment, at least catch a glimpse of him whirring by in a motorcade...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nelson Mandela: A Hero's Welcome | 7/2/1990 | See Source »

Though Saint Laurent's 1990 offerings were inspired largely by highlights of his old collections, most of the other designers were looking closely at various costume spectacles during France's bicentennial last summer. This fall the thing most likely to cover the knee will be the hem of a grand swirling cape; almost every designer had his models sweeping the runways with them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fashion: Throw Out Your Skirts | 4/2/1990 | See Source »

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