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Word: messing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...There's been a real mess over there. What Idon't know is did [Sahlman] inherit the mess andhave to clean it up, or did he contribute to it?"Aguilar said...

Author: By Susan A. Chen, | Title: Entrepreneurial Skills Seen as Sahlman's Forte | 5/8/1995 | See Source »

Army Captain Stuart Herrington, deputy to Colonel Harry Summers on a small American military team that had been negotiating with the NVA, remembers that the scene inside the embassy also "was a monstrous mess. Adjacent to the back wall were four or five buildings and a pool. People started coming out of the woodwork in that area. I saw people surrounding the swimming pool with suitcases. Who were they? They were families and extended families of the embassy Marine guards, employees, the Vietnamese contract guards. Everybody who worked in that embassy had Vietnamese people their consciences told them they couldn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SAIGON: THE FINAL 10 DAYS | 4/24/1995 | See Source »

...they kept the watch. Not to mention I have an odd fixation on this young woman whose father is a total geek. To top it all off, I am starting to speak compulsively in iambic pentameter (which is really getting on my roommate's nerves). I am such a mess. Even my cloak is inky. Help me anon...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Extracurricular Extraordinaire | 4/20/1995 | See Source »

...mess. Not only do you sound like you believe that ghost crap, but also talking in rhythm is totally loopy. And if I'm not mistaken, when I read between the lines, it seems that you have an unresolved Oedipal complex. I suggest therapy. Your problems are so complex that not even a good literary critic could figure them...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Extracurricular Extraordinaire | 4/20/1995 | See Source »

...knew enough to disregard just about everything my proctor said about drinking. Still, we went by the rules when we had our first party. It was a semiformal affair, complete with guest list and every earthly thing a Freshman Dean could desire. Our big mistake: buying beer. What a mess, what a lot of cans! We didn't have the cash for a keg, and who wanted that watered-down American piss anyway? Canada had spoiled me forever...

Author: By Daniel Altman, | Title: The Beguiling Bottle | 4/20/1995 | See Source »

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