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Word: rolls (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...does all this mean that the economy and the stock market will roll merrily along to ever greater heights? On that, board opinion divides sharply...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TIME Board Of Economists: Wall Street's Ghostbusters | 6/28/1999 | See Source »

...just in the United States. Dissembling may have long been among the crucial skills of politicians everywhere, but now ?- like blue jeans, rock 'n' roll and "Baywatch" ?- taking the politics out of politics has become another popular American export...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Art of Winning the Middle | 6/25/1999 | See Source »

Adams House: 1. So close to the Yard, you'll roll out of bed and land in class. 2. Adopted dining hall for many Quadlings...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Linguistics 101: Harvard for Beginners | 6/25/1999 | See Source »

...Unproductive individuals hostile to mainstream society, ranging from Socrates to Emerson, could have been chemically corrected for their own good to better adhere to the norm. If everyone conformed, schools could successfully be made up of "productive" students who effectively stick with traditional studies and perhaps make the honor roll. It seems that we must eliminate the deviant geniuses and artists in favor of the conforming sycophants whom some see as the fountainhead of societal progress. O brave new world! JOHN M. DE PALMA Succsunna...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jun. 21, 1999 | 6/21/1999 | See Source »

...only take a punk for so long. Eventually he's going to chew on your roll of tinfoil, and your love affair will end. South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone, TV's only true punks, have done something to irk almost everyone. After their blistering success with South Park two years ago, the duo did the following: concluded a heavily promoted South Park cliffhanger with farting stick figures in place of the regular characters; directed a short movie starring Stone's dancing penis; produced a news show staffed by people with Down syndrome; released Orgazmo, a movie about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Parker and Stone Try Not to Punk Out | 6/21/1999 | See Source »

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