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Word: nail (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...being one of the favorites, it'll be important for me [at Nagano] to have something extra," he says candidly. That something extra is the elusive quad, the Holy Grail of men's competition--four revolutions and a one-foot landing. No American man has ever managed to nail one in competition...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nagano 1998: Figure Skating: Winter Of The Dueling Divas | 1/19/1998 | See Source »

...signal that America was ready to cut some sort of deal. Just how far the Administration was willing to go, however, wasn't clear until the very last minute. Even as Air Force Two was landing in Kyoto, Gore was on the phone with White House officials trying to nail down what the strategy should be. They finally agreed that Gore would quietly give U.S. negotiators permission to move to a 2%-to-3% reduction from 1990 levels...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CLIMATE CHANGE SUMMIT: TURNING DOWN THE HEAT | 12/22/1997 | See Source »

WEAPONS Shotgun, nail gun, rocket A really big gun that launcher... kills everyone in sight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Techwatch: Dec. 15, 1997 | 12/15/1997 | See Source »

...first tendency was to nail this guy to the wall. But I didn't want to say anything that would go on the record about him that could hurt Bailey later," Ocon says, recalling those days when she was living on welfare and independently researching legal precedents for her case...

Author: By Georgia N. Alexakis and Lori I. Diamond, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Student Moms Juggle Schoolwork, Parenting | 12/12/1997 | See Source »

Penn later added another score to the board for the final nail in the Bulldog coffin...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Game by Game Breadown | 11/26/1997 | See Source »

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