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Word: knifing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...From the hit A Boy Named Sue, sung by Johnny Cash: "He came up with a knife and cut off a piece...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Jul. 14, 1997 | 7/14/1997 | See Source »

...following: that McVeigh harbored a deep hatred of the Federal Government, that he had spent months acquiring materials for the bomb and planning the attack, that he was the one who rented the Ryder truck used in the bombing, and that traces of explosives were found on his clothes, knife and earplugs when he was arrested. The case was not airtight--no one testified to seeing McVeigh make the bomb or seeing him at the crime scene--but the government made a very powerful presentation. To counter it, Jones had three strategies: raise the specter of a "real" bomber...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE MERITS OF THE CASE | 6/9/1997 | See Source »

...Texas, crippling and killing dozens of newborn babies. From 1988 to '92, 25 children were born with the spinal-nerve defect called spina bifida; more than 30 others had almost no brain at all--a related and fatal neural defect called anencephaly. "It would look like somebody took a knife and just whacked the top of their head off," said Brownsville physician Manuel Guajardo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE BORDER BABIES | 5/26/1997 | See Source »

...publicized anti-corruption campaign at full tilt, he would risk sending most of his presidential team to the pokey, notes Quinn-Judge. But some heads will roll. Deputy Defense Minister Gen. Konstantin Kobets, recently arrested on corruption charges, was succinct: "They'll try to get rid of me -- a knife in the back and that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Yeltsin Ditches Defense Minister | 5/22/1997 | See Source »

When I went under the knife in seventh grade, the doctor asked me to talk about my favorite baseball team as the drugs slowly lured me into unconsciousness. Only baseball could make a 12-year-old kid not worry about surgery...

Author: By Jamal K. Greene, | Title: An Open Letter to Marv Albert | 5/21/1997 | See Source »

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