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Word: pigging (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Basic Training unit is the guinea pig for a new laser-based sighting technique that's supposed to speed up the calibration and learning process. Our one day with it proved only that the drill sergeants aren't any better at learning our tricks than we are - and probably worse. It was total chaos, and half our platoon never even got to switch the things...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Just in Case You Run Out of Bullets... | 11/29/1999 | See Source »

First lady and potential New York Democratic Senate candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton will be coming to Cambridge next Wednesday to hear the story of a pig rejected from Harvard Law School...

Author: By Daniel P. Mosteller, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: First Lady Schedules Local Visit | 11/24/1999 | See Source »

...fundraiser is a launch of David Mamet's new children's book Henrietta, about a pig that applies to Harvard Law School. Mamet, a Pulitzer-Prize-winning and Oscar-nominated author and playwright, will read portions of the book...

Author: By Daniel P. Mosteller, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: First Lady Schedules Local Visit | 11/24/1999 | See Source »

Friedman is a friend of Mamet's, and the title character of Mamet's book, Henrietta the pig, is named after a pet pig Friedman kept at his Martha's Vineyard estate for many years...

Author: By Daniel P. Mosteller, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: First Lady Schedules Local Visit | 11/24/1999 | See Source »

...intellectual pig named Henrietta aspires to be admitted to Harvard Law School, but the admissions office turns her down. After the rejection, Henrietta wanders around Cambridge until she meets a vagabond philosopher who helps her achieve her dreams...

Author: By Daniel P. Mosteller, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: First Lady Schedules Local Visit | 11/24/1999 | See Source »

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