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Word: peanuts (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...books to date. It creates a vivid physical embodiment of a painful mental state, which Muggles call depression, and it demonstrates Rowling's considerable emotional range. She can be both genuinely scary and consistently funny, adept at both broad slapstick and allusive puns and wordplay. She appeals to the peanut gallery with such items as Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans, a wizard candy that means what it says on its package; it offers every flavor, ranging from chocolate and peppermint to liver and tripe and earwax. But Rowling also names the Hogwarts caretaker Argus Filch, evidently hoping that...

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

Will cited the example of former President Jimmy Carter, who appealed to citizens as a down-home, peanut farmer. But while Carter certainly emphasized his agrarian roots, he was also known as a nuclear engineer and graduate of the elite Naval Academy...

Author: By Jacqueline A. Newmyer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Political Asset? | 9/17/1999 | See Source »

...East of Chicago Pizza, a 116-store chain, says its peanut-butter-and-jelly pizza topping is more popular than ever

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Way We Are | 8/23/1999 | See Source »

...Smooth Sensations launched flavored peanut butters in July: chocolate silk, apple cinnamon and a berry combo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Way We Are | 8/23/1999 | See Source »

...TCBY Treat Shops inaugurated a new peanut-butter ice cream and a grape-flavored sorbet blend this spring...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Way We Are | 8/23/1999 | See Source »

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