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Word: instrument (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...headquarters, in a storage area where investigators are holding a pile of other evidence. The flashlight, which doesn?t belong to a cop, was sent to the Colorado Bureau of Investigation lab for testing. Police became interested in the light because its heavy rubber coating seems consistent with an instrument that could deliver a crushing blow yet not cause bleeding. It is among a handful of pieces of physical evidence that police feel could shed major light on the murder...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Light Shed on Ramsey Case | 1/12/1998 | See Source »

...plot. It is convenient that the main characters are musicians and musical agents for the purpose of fitting in songs, but music fails to be the full-bodied theme it is in Twelfth Night. Viola's name is, after all, a pun on the name of the musical instrument, and Twelfth Night opens with Orsino's well-known declamation: "If music be the food of love, play on." A disembodied voice delivers this famous line at the beginning of Your Own Thing, then punctures the effect by adding, "I can't remember if that's Marvell or Bacon." Well, rendered...

Author: By Jamie L. Jones, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 'Your Own Thing' Tries Revamping 'Twelfth Night,' Result Is Mixed | 12/12/1997 | See Source »

...piano your favorite musical instrument...

Author: By Matthew A. Carter, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Interview With a Virtuoso: Pratt Discusses Life, Music, Glenn Gould | 11/21/1997 | See Source »

...coiffee never strains. "You take care of each other," Norcross says of their symbiotic relationship. "It keeps me warm, and I take care of it." But the fun doesn't stop there; Norcross has at least 101 uses for her hair including scarf, flyswatter, whip, fake beard, zipline and instrument of bondage. "I've never used my hair as a weapon on anyone," she insists. What about the bondage, Noel...

Author: By Marshall I. Lewy, | Title: WHAM! Make it Big | 11/20/1997 | See Source »

...Restrain yourself from going out and buying a Dodge Caravan after watching this movie; many of its scenes play like a Chrysler commercial (although Nissan also gets some exposure). The use of the familiar minivan as an instrument of terrorism turns out to be the most clever gag of the entire movie: nobody can find the infamous Jackal because he's driving the ubiquitous Caravan. Dodge Caravan: driven by soccer moms and international terrorists the world over...

Author: By Scott E. Brown, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Stupidity, Sexism Plague a Lifeless 'Jackal' | 11/14/1997 | See Source »

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