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Word: righthanded (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...anti-immigrant nativist sentiment that pervaded the United States in that era-some of which bears an uncomfortable resemblance to the rhetoric of Pat Buchanan and his herd of sheep-was one reason for the reluctance to absorb the homeless refugees. Hitler's righthand propaganda czar went as far as to say "At bottom... I believe both the English and the Americans are happy that we are exterminating the Jewish riff-raff." This is certainly the conclusion he would have been led to if he was aware that Roosevelt had the ability to order a bombing of the railway lines...

Author: By Justin C. Danilewitz, | Title: From Ashes to Freedom | 4/16/1996 | See Source »

...pane of glass on the righthand window facing onto Mt. Auburn St. was shattered over the weekend and replaced yesterday between 12:30 p.m. and 1 p.m. by Massachusetts Glass Company, said a store employee who referred to himself as "Charlie...

Author: By Marios V. Broustas, | Title: Community BRIEF | 10/31/1995 | See Source »

...were righthand man to Philadelphia's Nicodemo ("Little Nicky") Scarfo. He has been described as the most vicious Mob boss of his generation. What was he like to work...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Crow Turns Stool Pigeon: NICHOLAS CARAMANDI | 6/17/1991 | See Source »

...were always trying to trap me, thinking maybe I got more money that I wasn't kicking in. But I used to keep records and slips of paper, weeklies, monthlies, stacks of them for three, four, five years. I turned in every dime. Then I became the boss's righthand man, and everybody was scared to death of me. Now I got the boss's ear, and nobody knows what I'm saying. Everybody trembles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Crow Turns Stool Pigeon: NICHOLAS CARAMANDI | 6/17/1991 | See Source »

...took immediate command of the contest, never allowing Dartmouth (5-8, 1-5) to establish any semblance of momentum. After midfielder Becky Gaffney won the opening draw, attacker Sarah Downing scooped up the ball, sprinted through several onlooking Big Green defenders and rifled a shot into the upper righthand corner...

Author: By Christopher Sanzone, | Title: Laxwomen Drub Big Green, 14-1; Nab Ivy Title | 5/3/1991 | See Source »

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