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Word: hogging (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Prize and a permanent place in America's gallery of tragedians with A Thousand Acres, a punishingly dark look at sexual abuse that brought King Lear into the American heartland, she comes up with a 414-page campus satire that culminates in the encounter of a 700-lb. runaway hog and a former Pork Queen of Warren County, Iowa...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JANE SMILEY: HOW HIGH THE MOO? | 4/17/1995 | See Source »

...late. I had come out of The Tasty, and I was sort of bloated on double cheeseburgers. I was walking along, and there was this dark alley that I had never noticed before. I went down there; it was dark and tempting, Then I was confronted by these 30 hogs who surrounded me. They popped out of trash cans; they were hiding in boxes and things. they were sort of sandy, too, Anyway, they were called the Sandhogs, and they were about to kill me. I really don't know why they spared my life. I guess maybe...

Author: By Sharon C. Yang, | Title: Profile : Hayden F. Hirschfield '98 | 4/6/1995 | See Source »

...Must have been those two imperial pints of Hog City Porter you had with your baby-back ribs at Divane's Lakeview Grill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE GREAT SIMOLEON CAPER | 3/1/1995 | See Source »

...them "bad", because if nothing else, they are consistent. Steve Martins picked up eight penalty minutes in the first period, and at least four of them were for "receiving." The league's most gifted scorer should not pick up matching minors like he does assists, but Martins has been hog-tied all year by penalty boxes as much as opposing stick-work...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Collapse | 2/21/1995 | See Source »

...band's jamming came from Boyd Tinsley's blistering solos, in songs like "Ants Marching" and "Tripping Billies" and Moore's flute solo in "Typical Situation" got the most applause of the night. Their performances showed that even though the band is named for him, Matthews does not hog the spotlight and lets his talented bandmates shine...

Author: By Michael R. Colton, | Title: OpArT | 2/9/1995 | See Source »

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