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Word: odd (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...have won Sprints and/or Nationals in every odd year in the 90s," he said. "The trend should continue...

Author: By Nushin Kormi, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: M. Crews Fall Short Of National Prizes | 6/4/1998 | See Source »

While in L.A., Avni accepted a number of odd jobs, the most exciting of which, he says, was working for Lynda Obst, a bigname Hollywood producer whose credits include The Fisher King and Sleepless in Seattle...

Author: By Flora Tartakovsky, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Ron Avni Looks in Many Different Directions | 6/4/1998 | See Source »

...teenage boys laugh by pretending to talk with your buttocks, this is an allegory to which you can surely relate. "To me, it's the saddest thing in the world to see a comedian at 60 doing the same character and the same act," says Jim Carrey, 36. His odd, moving performance in The Truman Show, an odd, moving film, should ensure that 24 years from now he will have more career opportunities than, say, Jeff Foxworthy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Don't Laugh | 6/1/1998 | See Source »

...skill-free children are overwhelmed by information even without the Internet. The glossy magazines and hundred-odd cable channels, the videotapes and computer CDs in most libraries and many homes--they need more information? It's as if the Administration were announcing that every child must have the fanciest scuba gear on the market--but these kids don't know how to swim, and fitting them out with scuba gear isn't just useless, it's irresponsible; they'll drown...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dave Gelernter: Should Schools Be Wired To The Internet? | 5/25/1998 | See Source »

Sometimes in business you just have to grin and bear the odd $100 million loss, and that's what PanAmSat senior VP Robert Bednarek is preparing to do with Wednesday's announcement that the company isn't likely to recover its wayward Galaxy 4 satellite. The numbers are not pretty: The company had insured Galaxy 4 for about $150 million, but it will cost an estimated $250 million to construct, launch and insure a replacement next year. That's not even counting losses from service disruptions brought on by Galaxy 4's demise...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PanAmSat's $100 Million Problem | 5/21/1998 | See Source »

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