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Word: saws (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Consequently, my `politically correct' instinctual response--my disapproval of characters such as the one with a speech impediment--began to recede. For I saw that the Pudding's humor is truly all-pervasive. They make fun of everyone, for everything; and it is so "over-the-top" that it almost becomes politically correct in its political incorrectness...

Author: By Jesse Hawkes, | Title: Pushing It to the Next Level | 3/1/1999 | See Source »

...residency door, I knew something was wrong," says Melsa Deniz, 19, one of Ocalan's female aides. "Twenty black men emerged from three jeeps and two station wagons. Five of them forced Ocalan into a jeep but did not allow us to travel with him. The last time I saw him was when his jeep turned into a building saying POLICE STATION." By 11:07 p.m. a blindfolded, handcuffed and drugged Ocalan was being escorted into a private jet bound for Turkey...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Terrorist's Bitter End | 3/1/1999 | See Source »

Whoa. Just a decade ago, Nissan was synonymous with Japan Inc., the business goliath that was devouring America. The auto company's fuel-thrifty sedans and zippy 240Z sports car put the fear in Detroit long before the Toyota Camry or Honda Accord ever saw a drafting table. Nissan's success gave weight to the myth that Japanese companies were run by enlightened executives who worked in frictionless synchronicity with workers to produce superior cars. In his best-selling book The Reckoning, David Halberstam suggested that U.S. industry, namely the Ford Motor Co., would be consigned to a never-ending...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nissan Calls For A Tow | 3/1/1999 | See Source »

...were certain last fall that Nissan was worth a serious look, and they went so far as to invite Hanawa to Dearborn. But even before the Japanese executive got there, enough intelligence had come back from Japan that the bloom was way off Nissan. In any case, Nasser never saw...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nissan Calls For A Tow | 3/1/1999 | See Source »

Doctors also saw obstacles, though. One of them was a U.S. Congress skittish about research on stem cells taken from unwanted human embryos and aborted fetuses. Indeed, last week 70 lawmakers asked in a firmly worded letter that the Federal Government ban all such work...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Build a Body Part | 3/1/1999 | See Source »

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