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Word: mantras (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Recognizing the pessimistic tone of his forecast, Yavlinsky said that to avert an oligarchic future Russia ought to apply the mantra "Just do it" to the cause of reform...

Author: By Jacqueline A. Newmyer, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: Russian Politician Speaks | 9/23/1997 | See Source »

...easy sing-along that gives permission to even the most tone deaf amateur to join in (believe me, I know!). Along with this bebop blast, the chorus proclaims "I want something else, to get me through this...semi-charmed kind of life." Who better to identify with this mantra than the supposedly characteristic bored youth generation? Well, I have no answer for that, but I can say that a handful of suburban kids working jobs for spending money and wasting time in search of fun would definitely identify with such a thought...

Author: By Peter A. Hahn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Pop Goes the Summer | 9/19/1997 | See Source »

...editor's letter, he ruminates on the nature of temptation--"I'm playing Hamlet with my willpower (Should I or shouldn't I?)." The literary reference must suffice to convey his torment because he coyly declines to reveal the snakes in his Garden. Instead, he breaks the Kennedy-clan mantra of loyalty no matter what the crime by observing that cousin Joseph, who tried to annul his first marriage, and cousin Michael, who dallied with the baby-sitter, had become the "poster boys for bad behavior." Being just a poster boy, after all, is so much seemlier...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Aug. 25, 1997 | 8/25/1997 | See Source »

...works, Meyer repeats under his breath, over and over, "No biting, no biting, no biting..." The object of his mantra gapes below us--a foot-wide crescent studded with hundreds of razor-sharp, serrated, half-inch-long triangular teeth. This fish is only half-grown--an adult tiger shark can surpass 14 ft. in length--but it could easily take off a hand or an arm, or a chunk of torso you wouldn't want to try and live without...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: UNDER ATTACK | 8/11/1997 | See Source »

...Simon Tucker, the attraction to digging began at age 3, as he watched Sesame Street character Bob's Uncle searching for a golden cabbage in Snuffleupagus' cave. Then Simon discovered Indiana Jones, and so began his mantra: "I want to be an archaeologist...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JUST LIKE INDIANA JONES | 6/2/1997 | See Source »

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