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Word: knifing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...scenes. But why aren't the scenes sexier? Never mind. The point of the story is to watch "darkly, exotically" beautiful but ruthless, yet sensitive and vulnerable female tycoon Lucky Santangelo -- she heads a billion-dollar shipping company but doesn't seem to go to the office much -- knife her way to ownership of Panther films, a big Hollywood studio. This she does without telling her actor husband ("Lennie was tall and lanky, with dirty-blond hair and ocean-green eyes"), who is having contract troubles with Panther. Alas, she fails to consider that Lennie's fierce male pride will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Wide-Bodies On the Runway | 10/15/1990 | See Source »

Immediately after the arrest, police discovered that the suspects were carrying two additional wallets--one of which had been reported stolen from Boylston Hall earlier that day. One of the suspects was also in possession of a buck knife, the spokesperson said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NEWS IN BRIEF | 10/11/1990 | See Source »

...family was attacked by a group of eight black and Hispanic youths. After one of the gang cut open his father's pocket to get at his money and punched his mother in the face, Brian jumped to his parents' defense. He was stabbed with a four-inch butterfly knife and died 40 minutes later at St. Vincent's Hospital...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Decline Of New York | 9/17/1990 | See Source »

Known for its quality and versatility, the Swiss Army Knife has long been the favored possession of many an adventurer. But can Swiss Army Sunglasses inspire the same level of affection? Switzerland's Victorinox, manufacturer of the famed blade, has given permission to its U.S. distributors to use the high-profile Swiss Army name for other products. A division of the Connecticut-based Forschner Group is starting to market a small shelf of quality wares designed to march in step with the knife's popularity. So far they include the sunglasses ($115), featuring a "precision-fit torsion system" that prevents...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SPIN-OFFS: But Will They Open Cans? | 9/10/1990 | See Source »

...drew 80,000 bikers and produced 2,745 traffic citations, 98 drunk-driving cases, 98 felony drug arrests and 21 accidents that killed three people. This year's visitors were no slouches either. Preliminary statistics show at least 150 drunk-driving collars, seven bikers killed in accidents, and one knife- wielding man shot dead by police...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Dakota: Rumble in the Black Hills | 8/20/1990 | See Source »

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