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Word: lingos (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...hunt was maddening. All summer and into the fall, a bunch of FBI irregulars called the special surveillance group--the "G's" in bureau lingo--shadowed Stanislav Gusev when he angled for his favorite parking spot near the State Department, then settled onto a well-worn bench. Whenever Gusev, 54, a technical specialist for the Russian intelligence service, fiddled with something in his pocket, the G's state-of-the-art radio-signal detector would come to life, indicating that a faint low-frequency transmission was emanating from a bug somewhere in the gray State offices...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: It's Still Spy vs. Spy | 12/20/1999 | See Source »

...little help from their more experienced friends. Several of their self-title debut's 15 tracks feature better-known artists like Soultre, Mack 10, Juvenile and BG. Unfortunately, there is little that any of them can do to help the Chilldrin's situation. While C.O.G. has the lingo and feel of urban America, there is little beneath the surface. The album is a blur of repetitive basslines that bleed from one track to the next; the rhymes are lousy, and the braggadocio and self-references that make contemporary rap such flamboyant entertaining falls flat here. It is difficult to distinguish...

Author: By John A. Burton, | Title: Album Review: Chilldrin of da Ghetto | 11/19/1999 | See Source »

...Clinton scandal, it would be the secretary who unwittingly gave Monica Lewinsky that first file to deliver to a horny Bill. Look back at a past incident in your life. Or your favorite book on the shelf (Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are the ultimate "fifth business"). It's trendy lingo for your table talk...

Author: By Soman S. Chainani, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Soman's IN THE [K]NOW: A Pop Culture Compendium | 11/5/1999 | See Source »

Firms encourage students to ask questions to determine whether the candidate and firm would have what have become key words in recruiting lingo: a good...

Author: By Erica R. Michelstein, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: What's the Real Info? | 10/29/1999 | See Source »

...fire departments, good equipment, personnel and response time are the best indicators of a quick "knock-down," firefighter lingo for quieting a blaze...

Author: By Marc J. Ambinder, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Hot Spot: How the Cambridge Fire Department Earned Its Coveted 'Class One' Ranking | 10/20/1999 | See Source »

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