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Word: overdid (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...other than hometown fans ever wanted him to win. Winning for Goliath was simply not ordained, and when on occasion he did win (his two NBA championships), well, something had gone terribly wrong--a cosmic injustice. Never mind that men always want to be taller. This one overdid it and had to be punished...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Way We Look at Giants | 10/25/1999 | See Source »

...average number of schools is 15, so I kind of overdid it. It turned out to be painful," Chang says. "My day was spent going to between three and five schools. It would typically start as early...

Author: By Rosalind S. Helderman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Drawing Them In | 12/14/1998 | See Source »

Democrats circulated polls to bolster their courage. One showed that not only Democrats but independents too would be less inclined to vote for someone who approved an impeachment inquiry. But the White House almost overdid it. Despite its insistence that the President wasn't muscling fence-sitting Democrats, some members were furious at even the appearance of pressure. Any contact with the White House was doing more harm than good. Some tactics were foolhardy on their face, such as trying to get 34 Democratic Senators--who are, after all, supposed to sit as fair-minded jurors--to announce pre-emptively...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Down In History | 10/19/1998 | See Source »

...excited about being able to make independent choices, inured into the world of college binge drinking. Dr. Charles J. McCabe, associate chief of emergency services at Massachusetts General Hospital, told the Boston Globe concerning a similar case, "A young guy was out for his first time drinking and he overdid...

Author: By Daniel M. Suleiman, | Title: Dying for a Drink | 10/6/1997 | See Source »

Wolf said that although she thinks "the critics in the evaluation overdid their criticisms" she still would have liked to move on. "I believe a change of pace at this time is appropriate," she said...

Author: By Margaret Isa, | Title: City Council Renews Manager's Contract | 4/7/1993 | See Source »

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