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Word: plastic (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...veil, a garter and carnations from the grocery store down the street. Then she asks the class to pair off, boy-girl, and proceeds. "Do you promise to be truthful and honest to your partner...until the course ends on June 10?" The couples say "I do" and swap plastic rings. Then Mann instructs the giggling newlyweds, "You may now not kiss the bride...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hitched in Home Room | 6/21/1999 | See Source »

...says anyone over age four can handle a bulging backpack plus a kid-size rolling suitcase (Fisher-Price and Kelty K.I.D.S. make nice ones). And even two-year-olds can manage a fanny pack around the waist. To keep suitcases neat, pack complete outfits in tidy bundles or zippered plastic bags, which can be reused for wet bathing suits or messy souvenirs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Family Travel: Are We There Yet? | 6/21/1999 | See Source »

...hold it for the whole trip? Resort to ziplock? But wait, what was that behind the men's contraption, a white plastic post right next to it but beyond the frame of vision? That was the space-age ladies' room, invented in lieu of ziplocks and because Ride was worth...

Author: By Molly Hennessy-fiske, | Title: Of Sally Ride and Final Club | 6/9/1999 | See Source »

...hold it for the whole trip? Resort to ziplock? But wait, what was that behind the men's contraption, a white plastic post right next to it but beyond the frame of vision? That was the space-age ladies' room, invented in lieu of ziplocks and because Ride was worth...

Author: By Molly Hennessy-fiske, | Title: Of Sally Ride and Final Clubs | 6/9/1999 | See Source »

...problem appears to involve telomeres, cufflike bands at the ends of chromosomes that cap the strands like the plastic sleeves at the tips of shoelaces. As animals age, telomeres shorten, causing chromosomes to fray, cells to wink out and the organism as a whole to become frail...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Goodbye, Dolly | 6/7/1999 | See Source »

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