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Word: rubbers (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Orleans, 82-year-old Marguerite Simon sat on her front porch on Egania Street in the Ninth Ward. Spread out on the bushes along the path to the front door of her small home was an American flag, drying in the sun. The tiny, small-boned woman wearing rubber boots and a paper mask, had smoothed out the crumpled, wet flag that had draped her late husband's coffin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Storm-Ravaged Galveston, Echoes of New Orleans | 10/6/2008 | See Source »

Menendez, Bob •intent to not "be stampeded into rubber-stamping" bailout announced...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Paul Slansky's Weekly Wrapup | 9/26/2008 | See Source »

...corrals a rebound and brings the ball up court. It’s passed around the perimeter until the ball ends up in the reliable hands of Wally Szczerbiak. The forward rises up and fires a high, arching three-pointer. The ball floats in the air, spinning like a rubber globe as it falls towards the hoop, kisses the back rim, and swishes gently through. Pandemonium. Unfortunately, although Harvard recruited Szczerbiak, the former NBA draft pick and Western Conference All-Star also considered attending Miami University (Ohio). He chose Ohio...

Author: By Timothy J. Walsh, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALSH: Revising The Past For the Crimson | 9/23/2008 | See Source »

...their ID up against the reader anyway. The Through-the-Shoe Test The Challenge: After a nice jog along the Charles, the last thing anyone wants to do is untie his dirty gym shoe and take out his swipe card. But can these new Smartcards work through layers of rubber? The Results: No more shoe untying for us, the Smartcards passed the test. The Through-the-Pocket Test The Challenge: Perhaps the greatest advantage of these new Smartcards will be watching your fellow Housemates hump the new card readers furiously to open doors without taking their cards out of their...

Author: By Jamison A. Hill, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Tap Test | 9/17/2008 | See Source »

...Senator Obama's record there is outstanding." When Obama was asked to react to Palin's comment, he said, "I was surprised by several remarks around community organizing and belittling it." But he agreed that mayors have some of the toughest jobs in America, noting "that's where the rubber hits the road...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: McCain, Obama Keep It Civic | 9/12/2008 | See Source »

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