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Word: jabs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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BOOKS Norman Mailer can still punch, but his new book is a weak jab...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Contents Page | 9/30/1991 | See Source »

Watch Metzenbaum throw a right hook. Here comes Sen. Bill Bradley (D-N.J.) with a left jab. Yes, the Democrats have some fight left. The senators will connect, Gates will go down for the count and Bush will find a little dent in his invincible armor...

Author: By Jason M. Solomon, | Title: Battle Royale | 9/16/1991 | See Source »

Penetrating political cartoons are not merely news reporting or even news analysis. They are lamps that illuminate the complexity of issues, spears that jab relentlessly for chinks in a politician's armor, magnifying glasses that invite public inspection of government corruption or incompetence. Cartoonists thrive on controversy, hoping to add reason to the irrational and scope to the sensational...

Author: By Oliver C. Chin, | Title: A Cartoonist's Final Thoughts | 5/22/1991 | See Source »

...show will continue to jab the industry in its third season next year, but in a more responsible way, Simon said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: `Simpsons' Spurs Ire of Nuclear Industry | 12/6/1990 | See Source »

Bozzotto said Weld's victory was likely to give his union access that others would not enjoy. " Obviously, it's going to be a little easier for us to pick up the phone than a union that endorsed Dr. Know-it-all," said Bozzotto, slipping in another jab at Silber. " We will be looking out the corner window on our brothers on the sidewalk," he said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Voters Say `No' to Question 3 | 11/7/1990 | See Source »

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