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Word: spinnings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...finding adventures of all kinds in WordsWorth's new spin-off for kids, Curious George Goes to Wordsworth...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WordsWorth Opens Children's Book Store | 7/9/1996 | See Source »

...some of these shows, such as the proliferating Star Trek spin-offs, the aliens are benign, intellectually curious--like American mid-century liberals, only with pointy ears or exposed frontal lobes. The Zeitgeistiest programs, however, tap into a pop persecution mania. Consider this: the U.S. stands unchallenged as a world power, is not at war, enjoys a high standard of living and has relatively stable rates of interest and unemployment; yet polls continue to show a profound malaise. People feel crushed by government, abused by corporate employers, baffled by computers. "Technology is moving fast-forward," says Carter, "and we rarely...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE INVASION HAS BEGUN! | 7/8/1996 | See Source »

...little control over its blood operations. Another is that the FDA became so fed up with the lack of progress in the first two years of her administration that the agency went to federal court to compel the Red Cross to clean up its act. In this juxtaposition of spin and reality lies an example of the image-burnishing skills that have helped Mrs. Dole survive jobs under six different Presidents...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FIRST BLOOD: HOW THE RED CROSS WOUNDED A RESUME | 7/1/1996 | See Source »

WASHINGTON, D.C.: The White House spin machine was set firmly on High as the Administration worked to manage the potentially damaging -->