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Word: lingers (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...same time. Must be you're still in the jungle, if not exactly on safari. Africa for Graceland, Brazil now. All those strange, haunting sprung sounds, gliding guitars and drums echoing like distant dreams. Is this the way your dreams sound? Percussive and persistent? The kind that linger into the daylight, aren't they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PAUL SIMON: Songs of A Thinking Man | 11/12/1990 | See Source »

...rollback intiative, raises further questions about both his economic judgment and his confidence in his ability to restructure state government. According to DRI, "passage and implementation of the CLT intiative would render the current Massachusetts recession longer than it needs to be, and the negative impacts will linger at least through fiscal year...

Author: By Kristine M. Zaleskas, | Title: Silber for Governor | 11/5/1990 | See Source »

...sportswriters, women learn quickly that they must observe certain unwritten rules. They must tolerate an interminable onslaught of teasing tossed at them. They must bury female sensibilities at the door. If they linger in the locker room or converse in too friendly a fashion with players, they are accused of flirting and talked about in unflattering ways that in time undermine their credibility and wear them down...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: They Use Bathrobes | 10/15/1990 | See Source »

Although fears of contracting AIDS from giving blood still linger among the public, organizers said the concerns were unfounded...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NEWS BRIEFS | 9/28/1990 | See Source »

Again, you linger too long over the choices and the call is cut off. The last words you hear before heading off to find a map to look for Van Serg are Thank you for using HUN--the network that makes it even easier never to talk to real people...

Author: By Beth L. Pinsker, | Title: My HUN-ny Pie | 9/19/1990 | See Source »

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