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Word: pies (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Marius insisted that all students in his freshman seminar have lunch with him in the dining hall, according to Allison, and invited them over to his house for dinner, cooking them apple pie while they discussed their last novel...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Devoted Teacher, Marius Dies of Cancer at 66 | 11/8/1999 | See Source »

...thought we'd wind up like him, as sexually stunted as Stanley Kubrick must have been when he directed Eyes Wide Shut. "By the time I'm his age, you know what I'll be thinking about?" one of them asked, staring at a hot but annoyingly giggly blond. "Pie. A nice piece of pie. Even right now if you offered me her or an entire Cookie Puss, I'm not sure which I'd pick." My other friend and I nodded in agreement, until he told us that a Cookie Puss was some sort of ice-cream cake. Then...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Nation Turns Its Lonely Eyes to Stern | 11/8/1999 | See Source »

...want to be a pie guy. On Monday, when asked if he's going to date strippers, Howard, who had promised to have sex with every floozy he ever met the moment his wife died, said, "Obviously, I'm not the type who goes out with bimbos." On Wednesday, he didn't show up for work. Spanking, it seems, is less fun when temptation is replaced by reality...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Nation Turns Its Lonely Eyes to Stern | 11/8/1999 | See Source »

Ginseng, ginkgo biloba and homeopathic potions have become as American as apple pie, but will anyone still be taking them in 2025? Advocates of alternative medicine, buoyed--and enriched--by the $30 billion Americans spend annually on unconventional therapies, confidently predict that herbal remedies and homeopathic potions will not only flourish in the coming decades but will also take their rightful place alongside vaccines, antibiotics, gene therapy and the other tools of modern medicine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Will Happen To Alternative Medicine? | 11/8/1999 | See Source »

...list is droning. Slide presentations are a formality. Students attend the presentations to speak with representatives, greet old friends, gather pamphlets, and maybe to leave with a new mug. Short presentations will make a better impression than long ones; chances are that students will tune out after the fourth pie chart...

Author: By Erica R. Michelstein, A | Title: Sidebar: Rating the Recruiting Process | 10/29/1999 | See Source »

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