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Word: hogwash (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...veteran, "he would probably get a lot more done." Detractors say that's why he is never able to corral the votes to pass campaign-finance reform and why his tobacco legislation, which his committee passed by a vote of 19 to 1, never saw the President's desk. Hogwash, say allies like Feingold, who argue that without McCain, some legislation would never get as far as it does. "He is an incredible ally because of his energy, passion and willingness to take heat," says Feingold...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign 2000: In This Corner... | 11/15/1999 | See Source »

...things. I don't think the Sox are cursed because they sold Babe Ruth to the Yankees in 1920, or that the wobbly 1978 home run in a Sox-Yanks one-game playoff by a guy whose name rhymes with lucky was simply meant to be. To believe such hogwash would be dishonor our fathers. What were they believing in, all those years, if it was impossible? Were they idiots...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Faith of Our Fathers | 10/12/1999 | See Source »

...withstood the challenge of the tour's freshman 50- and 51-year-olds who have won more than a third of all senior tournaments, and he scoffs at the notion that age 55 is the limit at which a golfer can compete for senior-tour leadership. "That's hogwash," Irwin says. "The age of 55 is now going to be pushed to 56, 57 and 58, because players are more in shape and more attuned to the keen competition...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Professional Sports: Those Rich Old Pros | 9/27/1999 | See Source »

...encourage Sofen not to tarnish the image of almighty Harvard any further with his liberal hogwash...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Letters to the Editor | 7/16/1999 | See Source »

...encourage Sofen not to tarnish the image of almighty Harvard any further with his liberal hogwash. S. CALVIN THIGPEN University, Miss., July...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Liberal Hogwash | 7/16/1999 | See Source »

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