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Word: racketeer (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...sparks of inspired nastiness, it's thrilling to pick it back up, for exquisite set pieces on the man who introduced "female butt cleavage" to network TV, on the four meanings (three of them ironic) of the term "your friend," on corporate travel (flying business class is "a protection racket--you pay extra, or you just might get roughed up in coach...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Isn't It Post-Ironic? | 5/17/1999 | See Source »

...white (tennis whites)ato emphasize the tan using the ever-subtle >=contrast=Cocoa,=Chocolate,=Tobacco=Brown.=Dude! You re naked!=corn-cob=How To: Curl A Hat Brim=the question=can t find good help=as usual=despite the new racket=awesome,=solid=kick ass.=hilarious=booting=chick=totally shit faced.=VH1 Behind the Music=Tea-vah.=Tay-vah=Teehv-ah<= are idiots and probably own the Teva s with garish floral patterning on the strapping...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Groovy Train: 1999 Post-Spring Break Quiz | 4/8/1999 | See Source »

...wrote a poem about a horse who played golf. It all rhymed and I thought it was great...I walked around in the schoolyard reading it, and people liked it. I was the most popular person in the class that day, and I thought "this is a racket." So since then I've been searching for that one moment of greatness I had when I was nine. [laughs...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Escape on the Word Train | 3/19/1999 | See Source »

Second, it was losing ground in the public relations war on drugs in the US, its most lucrative market. Apparently, its "Crack, It Does A Body Good" campaign was failing miserably in competition with the ruthless dairy racket...

Author: By Baratunder Thurston, | Title: How to Help an International Drug Cartel in Three Easy Steps | 2/16/1999 | See Source »

Karlen, remaining loose and agile, continued to control the game play, while Snyder began yelling at himself and throwing his racket on the ground in disgust during the breaks. In the end, the freshman showed more maturity on the court than the senior; Karlen prevailed 15-9 and 15-8 in the last two games...

Author: By Josh Dienstag, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: M. Squash Gets Back on Track vs. Amherst | 2/11/1999 | See Source »

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