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Word: lawns (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Cisneros: The second week I was in Washington -- it was last January -- I went out on a cold, cold night with volunteers who take sandwiches and hot tea to the homeless. We found a lady who was eight months pregnant sleeping on the lawn of the Justice Department. And veterans of the Gulf War sleeping on a subway grate across from the National Archives. I talked to them, and I asked why they weren't in shelters, and they told me they were afraid. They talked of tuberculosis, of being robbed and beaten. People would say, "Man, I just need...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: They Said I'D Get Used to It | 12/6/1993 | See Source »

...white bungalow in the Havana suburb of Miramar. A knock on the door brings a discreet peek from behind freshly painted shutters. A voice murmurs to come around into the garden. Suddenly, we could be in Miami. American rock plays softly; red and blue lights color a trimly clipped lawn. Our host offers a hamburger, steak, perhaps a lobster? Red or white wine? A rum collins...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cuba Alone | 12/6/1993 | See Source »

...gorilla into your living room." But town leaders were already wooed and won, giving Wal- Mart the desired zoning change for the site from industrial to commercial. Norman and like-minded neighbors mobilized quickly, forming the "We're Against the Wal Committee" and bombarding the area with bumper stickers, lawn signs and newspaper ads showing people the store was so big that three baseball stadiums the size of Boston's Fenway Park could fit on the land...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: They're Up Against the Wal | 11/1/1993 | See Source »

Three political signs compete for space in David Stafford's front lawn, but they...

Author: By Etan J. Cohen, | Title: Signs Signify Campaign Commitment | 10/30/1993 | See Source »

Behind a well-kept lawn and plantings lies the enigmatic blank white face of the Transcendental Meditation Center...

Author: By Amanda C. Pustilnik, | Title: Transcendental Meditation Claims Benefits, But Where's the Proof? | 10/27/1993 | See Source »

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