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Word: offing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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So I called Jenna Jameson, a friend of Marylin Star's and an actress in such films as Hell on Heels and Smells Like...Sex. She was driving through Scottsdale, Ariz., where she lives and owns a restaurant, Tequila, which she bought with proceeds from her shrewd sale of Disney...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why The Stock Market Keeps Rising | 12/31/1999 | See Source »

The iconic image of Einstein on our cover was taken in 1947 by the legendary photographer Philippe Halsman. Einstein was not fond of photographers (he called them Lichtaffen, or light monkeys), but he had a soft spot for Halsman. Einstein had personally included the photographer on a list of German...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Contributors: Dec. 31, 1999 | 12/31/1999 | See Source »

If you did anything of note in the 20th century, you've been celebrated this year. But we've found a few who managed to go unheralded. These are folks whose inventions are used every day but whose names, unfairly, are not. Herewith, the last unsung heroes of the 1900s...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook Of The Century | 12/31/1999 | See Source »

I always wanted porn-star friends. I figured they'd know not only where all the good parties were but also where to buy fetching outfits for my female friends. But it turns out they know about something far more exciting than sex: money. Orgies are great and all, but...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why The Stock Market Keeps Rising | 12/31/1999 | See Source »

Last week porn star Marylin Star was charged with soliciting insider trading secrets from her "friend" James McDermott, the now former chairman of Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, an investment bank. She made $88,000 investing in companies his firm was about to help merge, and tipped off a buddy, who scored...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why The Stock Market Keeps Rising | 12/31/1999 | See Source »

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