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Word: nothingism (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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None of the options are pretty. Lawmakers will probably pass a continuing resolution to keep the government running at least past the presidential primaries and hope that some extra money falls from the skies by next January, after economists have recalculated the surplus. And in the meantime, through the messy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Phantom Surplus | 9/20/1999 | See Source »

Yet despite Bell's actions, the Marines have done nothing--not even scolded the company. A Pentagon official, trying to explain the Marines' passive treatment of Bell, says the company exerts a strong "gravitational pull" on the service. Bell reaps 95% of the Marines' spending on helicopters each year, or...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Crash and a Collusion? | 9/20/1999 | See Source »

"Am I done now?" he asks rhetorically. "I can't see any deal on the horizon that approaches the implications for future growth at Viacom [that the] CBS [deal does]. But, of course, nothing is certain." That's the same basic message that Redstone, Viacom's CEO and controlling shareholder...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The CBS-Viacom Merger: I'm at the Top of My Game | 9/20/1999 | See Source »

If there were an easy answer, nearly every other writer on earth would by now be beavering away at imitations of Rowling's formula for success, and the world would be teeming with best sellers about prepubescent wizards attending bizarre boarding schools somewhere in the north of Britain. And, in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Wild About Harry Potter | 9/20/1999 | See Source »

After a weekend spent going through the Brownsian motions in a truly awful 12-33 performance, our Pigskin Pair Plus One is reminded of the fundamental rule of old-school football: When you receive an ass-whuppin', there's nothing to do but get up and ask for some more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NFL: On Top of the Covers | 9/17/1999 | See Source »

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