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Word: nip (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Though some great poets have written otherwise, March is the cruelest month. With each passing day, the promise of warmer temperatures is snuffed out by the biting winds that nip at our faces. Even as trees and flowers seem ready to bloom, snow and ice stubbornly linger on the ground...

Author: By Ethan M. Tucker, | Title: If They Build It | 3/20/1997 | See Source »

Pagonis got Mettler's new brands in the back door just as customers, lured by the "Softer Side" ads, were marching through the front. "It was actually nip and tuck," says Martinez. "We took a big risk, and customers absolutely loved it." That fairly describes Martinez's feelings about his job. "I'm having more fun than any adult should be allowed to have," he says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: REINVENTING SEARS | 12/23/1996 | See Source »

...remains to be seen whether the new policy will actually be enforced. Will a security guard who happens to notice a few flickering flames on the eighth floor of the Leverett towers bound up the stairs to nip disaster in the bud? I doubt it. But if Lewis is serious about the rule, then the houses will experience their first full-blown public religious celebration this December. Will that be met with the same concerns as surrounded the Dunster House sukkah? Will house committees and masters help pay for those celebrations, or are such expenditures inappropriate...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Religion, Dunster-Style | 10/3/1996 | See Source »

...with runners hugging first and second and two outs. Brush worked a quick 0-2 count before throwing a 55 footer that ended up at the screen behind the plate, pushing the runners to second and third. Fortunately for the Crimson, mighty DeRosa watched a curveball nip the outside corner for strike three...

Author: By Jamal K. Greene, | Title: Baseball Overcomes Rough First Game to Split With Penn | 4/16/1996 | See Source »

...Little Rock to testify in person." Having pursued a strategy during the past year of delaying disclosures about Whitewater as long as possible, Carney notes, Clinton is now in a squeeze play: "Here's this guy whose election chances keep looking better, and this Whitewater problem continues to nip at his heels." Clinton now needs to put the whole issue behind him as quickly as possible as the election season heats up, and time is running...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: President Clinton Subpoenaed In Whitewater trial | 2/5/1996 | See Source »

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