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Word: mojo (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...course, the Red Sox lost. But not because of the Curse of the Bambino--the infamous mojo said to hover over Fenway Park ever since Babe Ruth was sold to the Yankees in 1919--or because of a pall of New England Puritan guilt, or decades of nerves frayed into vermicelli by the exploits of Bucky Dent or Bill Buckner. The Sox lost because two mighty players--Pedro Martinez, the best pitcher in baseball, and Nomar Garciaparra, the finest shortstop whose first name happens to be his father's name spelled backward, at least until there's a better shortstop...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who's Best? Play Ball | 11/1/1999 | See Source »

Starting with John Olerud's two-run single in the bottom of the eighth on Saturday night, the Mets were the Austin Powers of the postseason--stuck in 1969 with full control of their mojo...

Author: By Kevin E. Meyers, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Stairway to Kevin: Stick to Chicken and Country Music | 10/21/1999 | See Source »

...packed gymnasium of Fairfax High School, where a student was shot dead in English class six years ago. But moments before he was to arrive, the House of Representatives voted 280-147 against legislation to restrict access to guns and impose safety locks on them. Gore had found his mojo. "What is the Congress doing?" he asked, his arms whirring. "With your help, I will personally lead the fight to pass [these laws] as President of the United States...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign 2000: Al Gore's Lucky Break | 6/28/1999 | See Source »

...direct, suggested making Dr. Evil a square cold-war agent, with Austin "single-handedly creating the British invasion to mess with his head." But Myers and co-screenwriter, Michael McCullers, a former writer for SNL, decided on a plot that had Austin revisit the '60s to retrieve his stolen mojo, or raging libido. "If the first movie was Timecop, this one is Back to the Future," says Myers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Austin's Power | 6/21/1999 | See Source »

Campus bands finkfankfunk, B-Side, 98% and Dr. Mojo played at the event, which was co-sponsored by the Harvard Environmental Network...

Author: By Joyce K. Mcintyre, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: EAC Sponsors Earth Day Festival | 4/26/1999 | See Source »

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