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Word: plaines (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...think we just plain old got beat," said Delaney-Smith. "Their game strategy was correct. I don't think we were unprepared, and I don't think our kids played badly...

Author: By Eduardo Perez-giz, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Tiger Woes: W. Basketball Falls | 2/9/1998 | See Source »

Tragically Simple Tuesday's tragedy in Italy was the Marine pilot's fault, plain and simple. But his commanders my share the blame...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Front Page | 2/4/1998 | See Source »

...administration had created a space where students could, in the words of Knowles, "graze, rather than dine." And no wonder students didn't visit Loker once the $50 bribe ran out--if we wanted to graze or sit on unpadded chairs, Au Bon Plain is more centrally-located and serves better food at comparable prices. (You see, Catherine B. Loker made a mistake the Major had not; she trusted the administration to oversee the design and construction of a space for students...

Author: By Valerie J. Macmillan, | Title: Parting Shot | 2/2/1998 | See Source »

...results illustrate the court's ignorance. "It seemed absolutely clear to you," Jackson asked Microsoft V.P. David Cole in court, "that I entered an order that required that you distribute a product that would not work. That's what you're telling me?" Cole's stone-faced reply: "In plain English...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bill Gates Blinks | 2/2/1998 | See Source »

...measure of Microsoft's almost refreshing naivete that these guys actually thought plain English might cut it inside the Beltway. For while Gates' semantic hairsplitting may have been technically accurate, in p.r. terms it was painfully misguided. The media gasped at Microsoft's brinkmanship, and that $1 million-a-day fine Klein asked for last fall now loomed like a juicy apple ripe for Jackson's picking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bill Gates Blinks | 2/2/1998 | See Source »

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