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Word: horning (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
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Next year the Crimson will look to its rising sophomores and incoming co-captains Chelsea Ono Horn and Miyoko Pettit, a rising senior and junior, respectively, to shift the balance towards the win column...

Author: By Emmett Kistler, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: SEASON RECAP: Individual Honors Mark ’08 Season | 5/30/2009 | See Source »

Satellite navigation owes a debt to Sputnik, the pioneering Soviet satellite launched in 1957. U.S. scientists learned they could track the satellite's orbit by listening to changes in its radio frequency, relying on the same principle that explains why the pitch of a car's horn seem to change as the car speeds by. The Navy's TRANSIT navigation system was developed in the 1960s, relying on six satellites and designed originally for use by submarines. More than 10 satellites were eventually launched, though ground units had to wait up to several hours to pick up a signal. Meanwhile...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GPS | 5/26/2009 | See Source »

...been up all night partying slouched in the sun against one of many vacant storefronts lining Center Avenue. They said they were afraid they might be picked up by the police and tossed in jail. They laughed with some relief when reminded that the closest lockup, Big Horn County Jail, was now so overcrowded that it was turning away misdemeanor offenders...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Montana Town That Wanted to Be Gitmo | 5/18/2009 | See Source »

...against one of many vacant storefronts lining Center Avenue. They said they needed a ride out of town and were afraid they might be picked up by the police and jailed, but then laughed with some relief when reminded that the closest lock-up, the Big Horn County Jail, was now so overcrowded that it was turning away misdemeanor offenders...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Montana Town That Wanted to Be Gitmo | 5/3/2009 | See Source »

...other hazardous deposits leading to a rash of respiratory ailments and skin diseases breaking out in villages along the Somali coast. According to the U.N., at the time of the report, it cost $2.50 per ton for a European company to dump these types of materials off the Horn of Africa, as opposed to $250 per ton to dispose of them cleanly in Europe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Somalia's Fishermen Became Pirates | 4/18/2009 | See Source »

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