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Word: rossing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...arch utterances. F. Scott Fitzgerald plants a definition in his notebook: "Debut--the first time a young girl is seen drunk in public." Choreographer Martha Graham admits, "I am a thief --and I am not ashamed. I steal from the best wherever it happens to me --Plato--Picasso--Bertram Ross--the members of my company never show me anything--except (to) expect me to steal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Personals: A Book of One's Own: People and Their Diaries | 1/7/1985 | See Source »

Reported by Ricardo Chavira/Tegucigalpa and Ross H. Munro/Washington

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nicaragua: Support Your Local Guerrillas | 12/24/1984 | See Source »

...were going to be the richest box company" in America, Ross says. Searching for a name that would convey his company's destiny, he settled on one that he considered synonymous with great wealth...

Author: By Charles E. Cohen, | Title: They Call Themselves Harvard | 11/29/1984 | See Source »

...Harvard is a great name in this part of the country." Ross adds, explaining that while his company is not the richest box company in America, "we're doing very well...

Author: By Charles E. Cohen, | Title: They Call Themselves Harvard | 11/29/1984 | See Source »

...Ross company is just one of countless businesses in a wide range of industries all over the United States who call themselves Harvard From New York to Los Angeles, Boston to Houston, phone books bulge with cleaners, car washes, retail stores, even restaurants which have--one way or another ended up with the same name as one of the most famous universities in the world...

Author: By Charles E. Cohen, | Title: They Call Themselves Harvard | 11/29/1984 | See Source »

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