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Word: sipped (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Because one senior drank underage she caused the serious injury of a house painter. On a school trip to Montreal in the eighth grade, this woman-who appears so upright and moral now-drank one sip of beer. She was immediately suspended from school. While she was home for three days, she decided, instead of seriously contemplating her transgression, to sunbathe. One of the men who was painting her house at the time noticed and fell from a ladder, breaking his leg. At least she feels bad about...

Author: By Theodore K. Gidseone, | Title: Groovy Train | 4/27/1995 | See Source »

...introduction to alcohol might have been typical. My first recollection is of a small sip of cognac--I must have been about three, and very curious. Perhaps my parents thought it would put me off sufficiently for the next 18 years. But no, I actually liked the taste...

Author: By Daniel Altman, | Title: The Beguiling Bottle | 4/20/1995 | See Source »

...more than that. It's a fairly pleasant drop of water, a bit more well-rounded and shiny than what usually flows from student pens. If you're looking to quench your thirst for bubbly romantic plots and fizzy characters, stop by Leverett House for a sip...

Author: By William O. Selig, | Title: Hair Styling With 'Nobody's You' | 3/16/1995 | See Source »

...victory-and indeed one report shortly before that vote succinctly captured the conventional wisdom. Truman, it said, was "a woefully weak little man, a nice enough fellow, but wholly inept." Could Clinton ever become "Give 'Em Hell" Bill? Well, says Truman's biographer, David McCullough, "when Harry took a sip of bourbon, you knew he swallowed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE | 3/13/1995 | See Source »

...jailed at his order. Having met many of the men and women who bravely jeopardize what little freedom they have to achieve a new Cuba, I am certain they would be eager to share their views with you. I hope that next time you will interview dissidents rather than sip martinis with a man who has jailed or executed thousands upon thousands of his countrymen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Mar. 13, 1995 | 3/13/1995 | See Source »

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