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Word: lingos (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...years, Galloway says, the mostly white suburbs around Buffalo have been hostile to minorities. Security guards and police keep blacks under surveillance, he claims, and even have a special lingo for this detail. "Radio calls would say, 'We are stopping a unit," Galloway says, "which is an acronym for 'Unwanted Nigger In Town.'" (Police deny using this term...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CAN'T GET THERE FROM HERE | 2/19/1996 | See Source »

Once, not so long ago, schussers and shredders were the Hatfields and McCoys, the sheepherders and cattle ranchers, of the slopes. Separated by age, fashion, etiquette, lingo and per capita income, the skier and the snowboarder rode up the mountain together in chilly silence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TRIUMPH OF HATED SNOWBOARDERS | 1/29/1996 | See Source »

...None. DP: DeLorenzo-Eagleroad-Lingo; Giardi-Bernhard-Morgan LOB: Harvard 4, B.U. 3. 2B: Hartl, Kreuter, West. 3B: None. HR: Hedjuk. SB: Traub. CS: None. B.U. IP H R ER BB SO Hejduk 5.0 2 1 1 2 9 West,W 2.0 0 0 0 1 5 HARVARD IP H R ER BB SO Cupp 3.0 1 0 0 0 3 Salzman 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 Brown...

Author: By David S. Griffel, | Title: Terriers' Pitching Stops Softball, 2-1 | 4/14/1995 | See Source »

TROY, N.Y.--Maybe the term 'home-ice advantage' should be scrapped from the lingo used for games involving the Harvard men's hockey team...

Author: By David S. Griffel, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Icemen Emerge, Overcome RPI | 2/25/1995 | See Source »

...tough today when he introduced a bill to tighten the U.S. embargo against Cuba and yank financial aid to any former Soviet country that helpsPresident Fidel Castro. Helms said he will not be satisfied until Castro is gone. "Let me be clear," the senator said, reverting to Cold War lingo. "Whether Castro leaves Cuba in a vertical or horizontal position is up to him and the Cuban people. But he must -- and will -- leave Cuba."TIME Miami bureau chief Cathy Boothreports that Helms gets many of his ideas about how to handle Cuba from Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CUBA . . . HELMS THREATENS CASTRO | 2/9/1995 | See Source »

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