Word: pocketing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...fits in your inside jacket pocket and even standard size envelopes," Huppe said, referring to the slender volume that has occupied the attentions of his staff for the past five months...
Barad is exploring ways to create multimedia toys for other company brands, including Polly Pocket, Cabbage Patch and See 'N Say. "This is only the beginning," she says in a glass-walled office that sports towering early versions of Barbie and her plastic paramour Ken. Barad vows Mattel will be a leader in interactive playthings...
...shareholders down. But this ain't Mudville; it's Wall Street, and investors want to be sure you've still got some pop in your bat. Why not show them? Open your wallet and buy another $3 million of Sunbeam stock. Heck, make it $5 million. That's pocket change for a guy who just made $100 million in 20 months and insists he can do it all over again...
...public health, and section 7, which denies education to "suspected" illegal immigrants, contains similar language. The use of the word "suspected" borders a very fine line. To put it another way, in a California with Proposition 187, I would be forced to carry my so-called "papers" in my pocket at all times to prove my status. I, a Mexican-American U.S. citizen, would have to literally subject myself to constant verification of my "status," while other law-abiding citizens would go about their daily business unscathed. I would risk the misfortune of becoming "suspected," not because...
...then there's the humble pocket production, the play created by a few extremely devoted students, often with a single person acting as the driving force behind its conception and execution. Such labors of love are occasionally bright stars in the local firmament--one thinks of Winsome Brown '95 as Oscar Wilde--but more often they remain rather stolidly on the ground, more remarkable for their intentions than for their results...