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Word: questioned (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...days before Sisler started, Bruno took him to lunch. He then asked a question that had somehow not occurred to him before: How old are you, anyway? Bruno was floored by the answer. Don't tell anyone, the bank chief warned. Sisler's youth could embarrass co-workers and, worse, anger Bergen's board...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can a Man of 25 Claim Age Bias? | 8/16/1999 | See Source »

...theory, tax incentives have two advantages over traditional government programs: (a) they're cheaper, because each dollar of lost tax revenue produces multiple dollars of the desired activity; and (b) they're smarter, because they tap into the creativity of the private sector. Both premises, though, are open to question...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: That's Really Big of Him | 8/16/1999 | See Source »

...quality audience for quality shows, unlike Hollywood's ordinary pap--an argument tailored to the upscale demographics that programmers covet. What's more, insiderism appeals to, well, insiders, which means attention from colleagues and critics. In its newfound introspection, Hollywood may be talking to itself. The question is whether the rest of us will listen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Mirror Images | 8/16/1999 | See Source »

...will not answer that question...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Michelle Williams | 8/16/1999 | See Source »

...news media, prominent among them the Globe and the National Enquirer, as well as banks, insurance companies and collection agencies. "The Rapps were passing on tons of stuff on any big names in the news," says ROBERT BROWN, an agent for the Colorado Bureau of Investigation. "The big question is, Did those who wanted the information know how Touch Tone was getting it?" Deputy District Attorney DENNIS HALL of Jefferson County has little doubt: "It's like buying stolen property and getting it on the cheap. It's hard to believe that they didn't know it was obtained illegally...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Racketeering: Tattletale Probe Widens To Tabloids and Banks | 8/16/1999 | See Source »

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