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Word: racer (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...traffic, brings a splash of Las Vegas and Miami Beach to a decaying stretch of New Orleans' elegant St. Charles Avenue, bit back 48 hours later with a two-page ad of his own. Copeland, who favors ostrich-skin cowboy boots and is known across Louisiana as a powerboat racer and founder of Popeyes spicy-fried-chicken chain, began his volley with "Dear Anne" and ended with "P.S.: See you in court. In the meantime, I'm putting a little extra garlic in the food at Straya, keeping a crucifix under my pillow and carrying a wooden stake for good...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEW ORLEANS: THE VAMPIRE STRIKES BACK | 3/17/1997 | See Source »

...first Olympics. He has kept up a grueling 250-mile to 500-mile-per-week training schedule while working 35 hours a week disposing of contaminants. He does a little of both work and training by riding 20 miles to his office each day. His wife Carol Ann, a racer herself, and some friends often meet up with him after work for a three- to four-hour training ride in the hills. On weekends he spends six or seven hours a day on the bike...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MORE THAN ATHLETES | 7/22/1996 | See Source »

Kamath still wanted to test Ford's merit for the Pot, however. Brining out a go-cart, he asked Ford to reprise his role as a drag racer in the movie American Graffiti...

Author: By Brendan H. Gibbon, | Title: Ford Receives 'Man of the Year' | 2/21/1996 | See Source »

...Olympiad is a national competition in which teams across the country prepare for several "events," with such names as Mission Impossible, Trajectory and Mousetrap Racer...

Author: By Sheila VERA Flynn, | Title: ExperiMentors Teach Kids Science | 2/22/1995 | See Source »

Clinton used to be admirable for his downhill racer's reflexes and uncanny balance. After a while, it began seeming apt to remember Winston Churchill's line about Ramsey MacDonald. He is, said Churchill, the world's leading expert at falling down without hurting himself. Now it looks as if Clinton is prone to injury...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living in Virtual Reality | 5/16/1994 | See Source »

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