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Word: scotches (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...into billionaire George Soros, who was also a Jew living in Budapest in 1941. Soros has called the years the most important of his life. Grove calls Soros "totally different from me in that respect." The time, he insists, hasn't marked him. But late at night, over Scotch and sushi--Grove is partial to eel--the stories slip...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ANDREW GROVE: A SURVIVOR'S TALE | 12/29/1997 | See Source »

...constant subterfuge and concealment of Iraqi efforts to rearm with terrorist weapons, infliction of deprivation that Saddam blames on the U.N. sanctions, and a litany of other atrocious deeds. No wonder the Israelis, realists by bitter experience, are once again buying gas masks. Former President Bush, like Macbeth, has "scotch'd the snake, not kill'd it," with predictable consequences. DAVID H. SPODICK Northborough, Mass...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Dec. 15, 1997 | 12/15/1997 | See Source »

...nursery sells Balsam Firs, Scotch Pines, and Douglas Firs obtained from Spence Farms in Canada. The business is housed in a small white, wooden building that is flanked by a fenced-in outdoor area for the trees...

Author: By Courtney A. Coursey, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Nursing Holiday Cheer | 11/19/1997 | See Source »

...only major changes in public education in the second half of the century have been demographic in nature. The national debate over methods of instruction in reading continues unabated. Sometime back, a savvy old primary teacher summed it up; she said the only thing new in education is Scotch tape. DANIEL A. WELCH Retired School Administrator Rochester Hills, Mich...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Nov. 17, 1997 | 11/17/1997 | See Source »

...eight youngish men in identical dark suits. They take a table and drape their suit jackets over their chairbacks so that their red suspenders can be displayed. Then they wave around thick cigars as they shout at each other at trading-pit volume about what brand of single-malt Scotch they prefer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: OF BULLS AND BOITES | 11/17/1997 | See Source »

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