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Word: robin (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...tough way to make a living, but that suits Drudge, 30, just fine. The son of a lawyer and a social worker, he worked his way into the celebrity-gossip business from the bottom--the CBS gift shop at Studio City. He sees himself as a kind of digital Robin Hood among a corrupt and venal press. "Journalists aren't supposed to make money," he says, in a tone that's spoiling the taste of my Frappucino. "I've got enough to feed me and the cat, Dexter. And enough to shine my shoes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NETLY NEWS: THE THRILL OF DRUDGE WORK | 6/16/1997 | See Source »

Hollywood is once again visiting Harvard, as a new movie featuring Robin Williams began filming in and around the Square Friday...

Author: By Jessie M. Amberg, | Title: New Robin Williams Movie Filming in Square | 5/21/1997 | See Source »

...Affleck and Matt Damon wrote and star in the movie. Minnie Driver and Robin Williams also appear in the film...

Author: By Jessie M. Amberg, | Title: New Robin Williams Movie Filming in Square | 5/21/1997 | See Source »

...They are shooting a scene in here on Friday evening, but I heard that Robin Williams is not going to be in it," said Don K. Valcovic, manager of The Tasty. "I gather he doesn't have a large part in the movie...

Author: By Jessie M. Amberg, | Title: New Robin Williams Movie Filming in Square | 5/21/1997 | See Source »

...wonders about this by way of apologizing for the diffuseness of his answers. "I'm not good at sound bites," he observes. True, alas. But what he lacks in snappiness he makes up in peppiness. Spouting acronyms while standing at a blackboard, he approaches the energy level of Robin Williams. He is British (an Oxford physics major), but to watch only his hands as he talks, you'd guess Italian. Five, six years ago, during his "evangelizing" phase, this relentless enthusiasm was what pushed the Web beyond critical mass...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TIM BERNERS-LEE: THE MAN WHO INVENTED THE WEB | 5/19/1997 | See Source »

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