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Word: spoilers (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Harry James must have sensed it too, because he had hired Sinatra, then a scrawny spoiler in his mid-20s, to sing with the band. Present at the creation, James could not have read the signs. The title of an early Sinatra-James hit was one of those anthemic declarations of defiance that, over the years and through the decades, was to form the Sinatra autobiography: All or Nothing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Put Your Dreams Away: FRANK SINATRA, 1915-1998 | 5/25/1998 | See Source »

...Trent Lott, meanwhile, was in his usual spoiler's role; his proposal to scrap price supports for tobacco farmers and replace them with a buyout program drew snipes from Democrats, who accused Lott of bursting the bipartisan bubble the bill had enjoyed thus far. Responded Lott: "If you don't want us to try to find a way to deal with children smoking and drug abuse by children . . . go right ahead." The upshot: this could take a while...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tobacco Flares Up in the Senate | 5/19/1998 | See Source »

...addition to finishing its season away from home, Harvard faces stiff opposition in all three games. Yale, although not at the top of the Ivy standings, has the potential to play the role of the spoiler, as it showed earlier this season with a 74-72 overtime upset of Dartmouth...

Author: By Eduardo Perez-giz, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: W. Basketball Seeks Third Straight Ivy Title | 2/27/1998 | See Source »

...similarities would end there, however, as the Crimson finally got to play the role of the spoiler and scored the game's next four goals...

Author: By Rebecca A. Blaeser, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: W. Hockey Pounds Providence, 6-3 | 1/5/1998 | See Source »

...Bulldogs were certainly eager to play the role of spoiler in '85, and their rushing game and offensive line, combined with a few key turnovers by the Crimson, allowed them to take a 17-0 lead into the fourth quarter...

Author: By David S. Stolzar, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Yale Has Precedent as Spoiler Against Harvard in The Game | 11/19/1997 | See Source »

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