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Word: seeks (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...three-and-a-half-year-old twin cousins reign, and references to "pee-pee juice" and "stinky head" generate ongoing hysteria. We quickly adapted to most aspects of our temporary home: Cheerios, cheese sandwiches and jokes about excretory functions served us well. We watched Bambi, played hide-and-go-seek in the dark hallways of the aquarium and got to be veloceraptors in prehistoric playground battles. But ultimately, daily rituals like the ingenious game "rise-and-shine" (played prior to 7 a.m.) sent us packing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Spring Break Saga | 4/1/1998 | See Source »

...vote reflects the exasperation of ordinary Russians, says TIME Moscow correspondent Yuri Zarakhovich. "People find no security from legitimate authority, so they seek it from mafia dons -- after all, mafia dons pay their debts and their salaries; public officials don't. The people see this hoodlum as a Robin Hood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Russians Elect 'The Pustule' | 3/31/1998 | See Source »

...providers to leave, including Oxfam and every religious organization. "It's not that we don't need the money," says Issaias, "but we don't want the dependence." Aid, he says, subsidizes but corrupts the government, blocks innovative solutions to problems, so that people do not seek out and use their own resources...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Africa Rising | 3/30/1998 | See Source »

...distinct in look and approach that it hardly seems to be playing the same game--which, of course, is the point. In an effort to grab a young male audience, ESPN's book is oversize, a la Spin or Vibe, with a hip tone, stylish graphics and hide-and-seek typefaces. A section up front offers quirky tidbits like a chart showing an odd correlation between the number of letters in the names of each year's NCAA men's basketball champion and Best New Artist Grammy Award winner. (You cared, right?) There's news as well: the magazine uncovers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rookie at Bat | 3/23/1998 | See Source »

...tonight, the third-seeded Crimson seek to advance to the ECAC finals when it battles the no. 2 seed Clarkson Golden Knights...

Author: By Mike Volonnino, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Hockey Looks to Keep Rolling | 3/20/1998 | See Source »

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