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Word: roote (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Senate majority leader and early on as President, could polish off a dozen or so Scotch-and-sodas in an afternoon and evening. He claimed they were half strength. He never lost control, just looked stunned. He quit cold turkey in the White House, switching to Fresca and root beer. For whatever reason, his presidency went downhill thereafter. White House abstinence was tried by Rutherford Hayes, Calvin Coolidge and Jimmy Carter. Results were dismal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: Dead Soldiers Along the Potomac | 3/13/1989 | See Source »

...some said that because the February 19 incident is the root of the debate, they did not feel it was appropriate to post the triangles...

Author: By Lisa A. Taggart, | Title: Mather Residents Debate Gay Issues | 3/4/1989 | See Source »

Other Freshman activities included a fruit and dairy bar at breakfast Monday morning, a root beer float bar last night and National Dairy Week posters posted around the Union, D'Andria said...

Author: By Andrew D. Cohen, | Title: Union Celebrates Dairy Week | 2/15/1989 | See Source »

...Freeze-drying human bodies, however, would be an expensive proposition -- about $15,000 to $18,000 apiece. Since there is no law in Florida against freeze-drying humans, however, all it would take for such a perpetual viewing chapel to take root, so to speak, would be a mortuary license, a corpse, someone living willing to shell out $15,000 to $18,000, and, of course, one of the machines...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pinellas Park, Florida. Freeze-Dried Memories: Pets | 2/13/1989 | See Source »

...unbelievable match," Nichols said. "Overall it was a fantastic weekend. It was really fun. The only bummer was that we all played at the same time--so we couldn't root our teammates on--unless you whipped or got whipped by your opponent really quickly...

Author: By Michael J. Lartigue, | Title: W. Squash Places 2nd in Howe Cup Tourney; Princeton Wins | 2/12/1989 | See Source »

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