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Word: idea (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...chief of staff, Pam Pryor, "and he still does. But he doesn't know what he's going to do in 2000." Why? "Because he's still weighing what's in the best interest of his district." But he promised, didn't he? "Yes, and it's a good idea," says Pryor, "but it works only if everybody lives under the same rules...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Term Limits: The Ties That Bind Too Tightly | 3/19/1999 | See Source »

Woven into a disastrous traveling experience are surprisingly cynical comments about marriage. The idea of being joined in holy matrimony seems repulsive to Ben's best friend Alan (Steve Zahn) who, along with almost everyone else the hapless groom encounters, urges him to think twice about being "tied down" to one person for the rest of his life. Watching his own grandfather (who suffered a heart attack after Ben's bachelor party stripper came just a bit too close) convince him against marriage is perhaps one of the more disturbing experiences of this movie...

Author: By Angela Lin, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Afflecktion | 3/19/1999 | See Source »

...three have always had a "dormant entrepreneurial interest" and wanted to review products that interested them, Carmody said. He hopes their unique idea will allow the site to become a quick market leader...

Author: By Zubin M. Teja, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Students Follow 'Net Start-Up Dreams | 3/18/1999 | See Source »

...When we were coming up with the idea we were just looking for a way to make use of our spare time, but lately it has been cutting into our time as we have been busy getting everything organized," Keller said...

Author: By Zubin M. Teja, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Students Follow 'Net Start-Up Dreams | 3/18/1999 | See Source »

Certainly, the name doesn't lie: The societies are well contained. Many students interviewed admitted to having no idea what goes on within the societies. Despite the relatively small influence they have on general student life at Yale, the societies are no secret on the Web, especially the most prestigious and oldest of the societies: Skull and Bones. Grouped with such organizations as the Illuminati and the Knights Templar, conspiracy theorists have had a heyday describing just how Skull and Bones conceives of further plots to psychologicallycontrol and manipulate the human race. An essayfound on the Web about Skull...

Author: By Susana E. Canseco, | Title: YALE'S FINEST HOURS | 3/18/1999 | See Source »

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