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Word: shiner (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...deviant sexual conduct and abuse of power. His forced resignation from the Senate on ethical charges should not have taken so long [THE SENATE, Sept. 18]. Packwood no more deserves the rewards of being an ex-Senator than his victims deserved to be accosted by him. LAURIE JANAK MAREK Shiner, Texas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 9, 1995 | 10/9/1995 | See Source »

...Stavros gets a job shining shoes at Grand Central Terminal. It is the last scene of Elia Kazan's film America, America, the story of a young Greek's fierce determination to immigrate to America. Quickly, but as casually as an afterthought, a young black man, also a shoe shiner, enters and tries to solicit a customer. He is run off the screen -- "Get out of here! We're doing business here!" -- and silently disappears...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On the Backs of Blacks | 12/2/1993 | See Source »

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