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Word: pal (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...signifying his grace and steady devotion to his craft. Usually cloistered within his thoughts, Monk, 35, opened up a bit after reeling in the record-setting 820th against the Broncos. "I feel blessed," he admitted " -- and glad it's over." So was his quarterback, Mark Rypien, who tossed his pal Monk three straight passes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Finishing Line | 10/26/1992 | See Source »

...today's homeless horde searching for work, for value, for someone -- anyone -- who might find value in them. In Horton Foote's scrupulous new adaptation, John Malkovich is lumbering Lennie, whose frustrated tenderness crushes the things he would cherish; Gary Sinise is George, Lennie's protective pal; Sherilyn Fenn is the lonely wife held hostage by capricious fate. The credibility of their playing breaks through the familiar sanctity of a "classic" revival. Sinise also directs, in a muted style sensitive both to the palette of a waning California autumn and to the texture of an enduring American parable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Short Takes: Oct. 19, 1992 | 10/19/1992 | See Source »

...here?" ."I didn't have my hearing aid on; tell me again ."You can overdue environmental cleaning up." ."I'm out of ammunition on that." ."It's in your book, on page 304." .Quayle was "talking to a welfare mother..." ."I've been there, Hal [or pal]." .Doesn't say, "I support a woman's right to choose." .Bush's taking credit for the Berlin Wall is like a "rooster taking credit for the sun rise" (his standard line). .Repeat after me, "I support the right for a woman to choose." .Limit congressional terms? "We're fixin' to limit...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE DEBATE SCORECARD | 10/14/1992 | See Source »

...Pal Asija, a Connecticut inventor, attended the conference in order to gauge public reaction to his invention, "Swift-Answer," which is a combined spell checker and grammar checker. The software, designed for "people who make mistakes," converts blatant errors into understandable prose, according to Asija...

Author: By Eon KYU Shin, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: Inventors Gather at MIT | 9/28/1992 | See Source »

OVERHEARD IN THE schoolyard last week at the Flint Hill Elementary School in Vienna, Virginia, as a six-year-old introduced a pal to her parents...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Out of The Mouths of Babes | 9/28/1992 | See Source »

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