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Word: mewing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...dramatic months and then faded, Pokemon sales grew slowly and steadily--and they did not stop. Tajiri generated further word of mouth by designing a secret twist into the programming. Officially there were only 150 species of Pokemon. Unknown to Nintendo, Tajiri had put a 151st in the software: Mew, a major character in the film. "You had to acquire Mew by interacting," says Tajiri. "Without trading, you can never get Mew." The rumors started flying of a secret monster that only a few people had the key to unlock. More games sold...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Beware of the Poke Mania | 11/22/1999 | See Source »

...replaced by the dull treatment of a way-too-familiar scenario. As in the James Bond film The Man with the Golden Gun, an evil genius lords it over a mountainous island patrolled by a supermonster. The monster here is Mewtwo, a kitty clone or copycat of cuddly Mew. And as in Toy Story, the old-fashioned toys (like Mew) have to teach the mechanized ones (like Two) a bit about human values...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Man Who Just Didn't Get It | 11/22/1999 | See Source »

...several semesters now, we've heard nary a mew from the administration about holding exams before winter break and starting school a little earlier. Dartboard loudly roars for this change--or else we say, give us a week every year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DARTBOARD | 1/22/1999 | See Source »

...record hits and misses. Although this nature is not mew to his recordings, it is more obvious on this one because of the number of misses and the expectation that this would be the album for G. Love to firmly establish himself. But let's concentrate on the hits--songs with a startlingly fresh sound and a very natural appeal. These are mostly the tunes written primarily by G. Love himself and performed with the Special Sauce--exactly the formula for the goodness of the first two albums...

Author: By Abraham J. Wu, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Defying Genre No Longer a Novelty for G. Love | 11/7/1997 | See Source »

Knowles said he hopes to announce the structure of the mew position early next year...

Author: By Jonathan A. Lewin, | Title: Community | 12/20/1994 | See Source »

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