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Word: piranha (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...went to a lake which is kind of an oasis in the middle of nowhere," Nippita recalls. "We went swimming in piranha-infested waters and then roasted piranhas for dinner. People do different things for fun, and it really makes you rethink what you do here...

Author: By Paul K. Nitze, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Weissmans World | 11/19/1999 | See Source »

...thieving place, the world of big-bucks political fund raising. Ostensible grownups can be reduced to screaming toddlers over who gets the credit for bringing in a major donor's gift--and thus gets the inside track for a better seat at the next big soiree. Bring into this piranha tank an attractive, ambitious, wealthy woman who made an almost instant connection with the President and his wife, and the knives start flashing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Doyenne Of The Dollars | 6/14/1999 | See Source »

...size from one to two feet long, and although they are fed daily, they appreciate dining hall treats---not to mention the occasional suck on a meaty finger or toe. But have no fear, unlike the students at the business school, these toothless fish are not of the piranha persuasion...

Author: By A.b. Osceola, | Title: Something Fishy | 4/29/1999 | See Source »

...size from one to two feet long, and although they are fed daily, they appreciate dining hall treats--not to mention the occasional suck on a meaty finger or toe. But have no fear, unlike the students at the business school, these toothless fish are not of the piranha persuasion...

Author: By A. B. Osceola, | Title: something FISHY | 4/22/1999 | See Source »

...forgive spectators from being a little confused today when U.S. v. Microsoft resumes after a two-week holiday break. We pick up almost exactly where we left off: A little fish (in this case, Intuit) describing how the big piranha from Redmond offered to swallow them up -- or grind them into fish sticks with the power of its Windows operating system. Because most of the testimony has already been leaked to the press (and Microsoft's PR machine has already responded), today may play like an old rerun...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Microsoft Trial: New Year, Old Story | 1/4/1999 | See Source »

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