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Word: lap (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
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Last April, however, her luck ran out. Unable to locate her for five years, Interpol agents began checking passenger lists of flights from Hong Kong's Chek Lap Kok airport to New York. On the April 17 flight they spotted the name of her son. More than 40 agents from the Hong Kong narcotics bureau staked out the airport and waited. Around noon, they saw Sister Ping wandering around the airport. At first she denied she was Ping, but after she was fingerprinted she admitted her identity. She was carrying her three passports when she was arrested. An Immigration...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Two-Faced Woman | 7/31/2000 | See Source »

...woman called HUPD to report that a large white male on a small bike stole her bike seat. The seat is black and white and belongs on a Giant Cypress bike. The suspect was carrying the seat on his lap...

Author: By Ben M. Briandet and Rajae Merzoug, S | Title: Police Log | 7/28/2000 | See Source »

...issue, but if he makes abortion a litmus test for his veep, why not his Justices? If Bush does as expected and ditches Tom Ridge (or George Pataki) next week for a pro-life running mate, Gore may find that a potent weapon has fallen right into his lap...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gore Pulls Even in the Polls. Did Bradley Do It? | 7/18/2000 | See Source »

...LAP DOG OR ATTACK DOG? One of the roles of the Veep is to be the top dog's attack dog. Gore's so good at it that he doesn't need one as badly as most nominees. Still, he wants a fighter BEST: Dick Gephardt WORST: Bill Cohen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign 2000: In This Episode of Survivor... | 7/17/2000 | See Source »

...lift you out of whatever blues you may happen to be in. And this album does have its moments, including the heartfelt, world-weary Worried Life Blues. It's a shame that some of the other performances aren't a bit grittier. Many of the songs sound like victory-lap music, the polite, tuxedoed stuff you play at the Kennedy Center after accepting a lifetime-achievement award. King and Clapton are too good, too vital to be enshrined just yet. Let's hope they team up again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Riding With The King | 7/17/2000 | See Source »

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