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Word: legging (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Victorian costumes are even more wonderfully fanciful, with huge leg-o'-mutton sleeves and artificial wasp waists. Starr's character is initially decked out in a purple and hot-pink number with a flattering chignon wig and a huge hat complete with pink bird and huge ostrich feathers. Kaiser has feathers and flowers literally stemming from his hair, or possibly from his Eyrehead...

Author: By Emily M. Bernstein, | Title: Pudding Heights | 2/21/1990 | See Source »

Cole achieved a personal victory, and three points for the team at 134-lbs. in the high point of the match. Suffering from a rib injury, Cole had lost to Matt Casto last year. This year with a leg infection, he lost to Casto, the tournament MVP, at the Coast Guard Tournament...

Author: By Sandra Block, | Title: Grapplers Endure Trio of Defeats; Bruins, Lions, CCSU Roll | 2/20/1990 | See Source »

Future doctors in Birmingham get a leg up by studying a bicycling skeleton. Aspiring engineers in Oak Ridge, Tenn., explore a model coal mine. In New York City, make-believe media moguls produce their own sitcoms in a TV studio. A decade ago, it would have been hard to find such innovative exhibits in children's museums. For the most part, those museums were pint-size versions of adult institutions, where kids were expected to keep their mouths shut and their hands in their pockets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Children's Museums Get a New Look | 2/19/1990 | See Source »

Rainey also dominated the 400 meters, placing first with an impressive time of 54.50. Later, she ran an outstanding anchor leg of the 4x400 relay, overtaking the Brown anchor-woman for the victory. With their 3:49.57 first-place finish, the 4x400 relay team of Jamelle Bowers, Kathleen Keegan, Senzeni Steingruber and Rainey set a new facility record...

Author: By Ray Patricco, | Title: Thinclads Wounded | 2/12/1990 | See Source »

...Trident submarines, with their new, highly accurate eight-warhead D-5 missiles, should be considered the firmest leg of the nuclear triad, offsetting any vulnerability of the land-based ICBMs and the huge cost of ever more sophisticated bombers. Even William Webster, the CIA's cautious director, has said that the Soviet Union will be "unable, at least in this decade, to threaten U.S. subs in the open ocean." But no new Tridents are necessary for the remainder of the '90s, and the U.S. should immediately kill the rest of the procurement program. Saving: $1.4 billion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Much Is Too Much? | 2/12/1990 | See Source »

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