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Word: racks (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...what seems like half a heartbeat, I'm out of my rack (in civilian terms, bed) standing at attention in the hallway in PT (physical training) gear, awaiting further instruction...

Author: By Koma B. Gandy, | Title: Proud To Be Harvard ROTC | 3/11/1994 | See Source »

...freshman know, and a few upperclassmen may remember, this week heralds the annual housing lottery. Blocking groups are hunkering down to rack their brains for strategies to beat the system. But not even 1,600 SATs can guarantee a reprieve from randomization...

Author: By Benjamin J. Heller, | Title: DARTBOARD | 3/5/1994 | See Source »

...blindfold him on skis to teach him the feel of the snow, he is fast succeeding the Austrian Marc Girardelli, who competes for Luxembourg, as the world's best all-around skier. Leading in World Cup points, the charismatic Norwegian skis both downhill and slalom and could well rack up more medals this week. "In Norway we used to have the attitude that you should not do something special -- or at least you should not think you are special," Aamodt said. "But now we are developing a winner's attitude. In the U.S. you like to be No. 1. With...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SKIING: Schuuuusss! | 2/28/1994 | See Source »

...goodies that came off the Spies-R-Us rack...

Author: By G.k. Wenceslas, | Title: Intimations of Crimson Munificence | 12/20/1993 | See Source »

...women who inexplicably take their husbands' names left me vaguely queasy, similar to the way I felt on seeing pictures of Hillary Rodham Clinton (the thinking man's pin-up) in Vogue (The First Lady's mother did, however, confess that HRC bought her wedding dress off the rack only days before the wedding...

Author: By Lorraine Lezama, | Title: Marriage Lives On | 12/17/1993 | See Source »

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