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Word: hosed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...only get one. You can't say, 'I've spoiled this one. Can I have another, please?' You feel as though you're a creature from another planet. Because here on earth people walk around and breathe on their own. But where I come from, people are on a hose, and they sit in chairs and they don't stand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEW HOPES, NEW DREAMS | 8/26/1996 | See Source »

...alarm is sounding on my vent, and I'm making this clicking noise with my throat--clk, clk, clk--and the security guy comes in and asks, 'Are you all right, Mr. Reeve?' The vent is screaming, and I'm clicking. All he needed to do was put the hose back in place, but I guess his instructions were that his job was security, so he goes off to get a nurse. Now I've missed maybe four, five, six breaths. You don't feel pain when this happens; you feel panic. I only felt a tingling in my knees...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEW HOPES, NEW DREAMS | 8/26/1996 | See Source »

...Congress doesn't need a facial. It needs a fire hose," said Brownback, 39, after discovering that Congress had its own beautician. The lawyer and former farm broadcaster has taken a scouring approach to politics, both in the House as a freshman and in Kansas, where he scored a primary win over moderate Sheila Frahm, the anointed heiress to Bob Dole's seat. As for November, well, Kansas hasn't had a Democratic Senator since...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RISING REPUBLICANS | 8/19/1996 | See Source »

...Germany. If we are to prevent future exterminations, we have to eradicate hate. The process must start with free speech and the ability to discuss openly all aspects of history and express all viewpoints. Irving through his writing has made a large contribution toward preventing future Holocausts. JOSEF HOSE Madison, Wisconsin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, May 6, 1996 | 5/6/1996 | See Source »

...mere $12,000 buys the system: a heat-sensitive chair that contours to the body and simulates zero gravity; a million-pixel, head-mounted display that feeds the eyes, headphones that fill the ears, and a quarter-inch hose that fits under the nose...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Techwatch: Apr. 29, 1996 | 4/29/1996 | See Source »

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