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Word: insection (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...vividly remember the cruel games his captors would play, spinning him around and around, then laughing when, dizzy and disoriented, he would bump into things. One of the most searing moments came when a man in copper-tipped cowboy boots stood on Jenco's head. "I am not an insect!" Jenco cried out. "I am a person of worth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lives in Limbo | 12/16/1991 | See Source »

...mean the little furry insect which Columbia Pictures is currently slandering on thousands of movie screens across the nation...

Author: By Liam T.A. Ford, | Title: The Bee Lie | 12/14/1991 | See Source »

...when most people see a swarm of bees, they don't know all these things. People are afraid of bees. Any time a flying insect with stripes appears at a picnic, someone will yell "A BEE! A BEE! KILL IT!" They're afraid they might get stung. If one "bee" means one sting, a swarm must means THOUSANDS, right...

Author: By Liam T.A. Ford, | Title: The Bee Lie | 12/14/1991 | See Source »

...unique strain of cotton was developed by Sally Fox, an entomologist who was originally looking for a naturally insect-resistant variety of cotton. She came across "coyote brown" cottonseeds that had been collected by the Department of Agriculture during the 1930s and '40s and launched a company called Natural Cotton Colours. Besides making the cotton into Natural jeans (retail price: about $27), Levi's is offering colored cotton shorts and jackets. Even the advertising attached to the jeans flogs the "natural" theme: it is printed on recycled denim. For the moment, Natural jeans are available in beige, brown and green...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fashion: Showing Their True Colors | 12/9/1991 | See Source »

...attempt to determine the effects of atmospheric carbon dioxide levels on the ecosystem, Bazzaz and Fajer also examined the reactions of various insect populations to such nutrient deficient plants...

Author: By Robert C. Kwong, | Title: Scientists Say CO2 Will Alter Ecosystem | 12/7/1991 | See Source »

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