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Word: planetful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Giraffes do it, goats do it, birds and bonobos and dolphins do it. Humans beings--a lot of them anyway--like to do it too, but of all the planet's species, they're the only ones who are oppressed when they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Gay Side of Nature | 4/26/1999 | See Source »

...instilling Earth appreciation in young people. This week, in a special 13-page report, we feature leading environmental educators, along with some of the enterprising youngsters they have inspired. The report coincides with Earth Day and is the latest installment of our continuing environmental series, Heroes for the Planet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A New Generation of Heroes for the Planet | 4/26/1999 | See Source »

Charles P. Alexander Editor, Heroes for the Planet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A New Generation of Heroes for the Planet | 4/26/1999 | See Source »

...film is set in an age tipping from medieval to modern, from the doddering aristocracy of the Galactic Republic to the brutal opportunism of the Trade Federation, which has blocked all shipping routes to the planet Naboo. Qui-Gon and his Jedi apprentice Obi-Wan are dispatched to settle the dispute. Reaching Naboo, they are befriended--hounded, really--by Jar Jar, a disaster-prone outcast of the Gungan race. He leads them to Amidala the Naboo Queen, whom they intend to take to the Republic's assembly in Coruscant. Engine trouble forces them to detour to Tatooine, where...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Ready, Set, Glow! | 4/26/1999 | See Source »

...anyone. But could there be a heavy hint of party affiliation in his latest epic? Consider: Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace, written in the mid-'90s and shot in scandal-filled 1998, opens with a hot-headed character named Nute (pronounced Newt), whose attack on the defenseless planet of Naboo has all the speed and surprise of the Republican revolution. Nute's ally in the Galactic Senate is known as Lott, and Lott's main aim is to tie up Naboo's call to arms in committee, allowing it to die a quiet death, a la campaign-finance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Not So Long Ago in a Beltway Not So Far Away | 4/26/1999 | See Source »

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