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Word: sprayings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Downs' name must have been pricey. Chasing the ever elusive chimera of a prize, she ordered all sorts of overpriced junk: flimsy telephone-answering machines, tennis bracelets, money clips, hair spray and what was supposed to be two mink coats. "They looked like they'd been made with rat skins," says Downs. "I just put the stuff in a room and closed the door...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ELDERSCAM | 8/25/1997 | See Source »

Apparently, when wardens capture a bear that has been troubling tourists, they try to condition the bear against such behavior by setting off firecrackers and spraying the bear with pepper spray. While doing that, the wardens costume themselves as tourists, since bears in Banff National Park tend to stay away from wardens, whom they recognize by their uniforms...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AIN'T NOBODY'S BUSINESS BUT MY OWN | 8/25/1997 | See Source »

...encountering falling rocks on the way to the strip mall? At the other end of the spectrum, which in San Francisco is the breadth of the Milky Way, Erik Beckjord has formed Drivers Against Bicycle Anarchy. He says drivers will use, if necessary, "the Club, tire irons, pepper spray and baseball bats" as weapons. In saner moments, Beckjord runs the UFO and Bigfoot Museum. Honest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SAN FRANCISCO: THE SCARIEST BIKER GANG OF ALL | 8/11/1997 | See Source »

...FIGHT An astounding 99% of kids who received a nasal-spray flu vaccine in a trial remained free of the illness. And no flu shots, no tears. But the earliest the spray will be generally available is the fall...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Jul. 28, 1997 | 7/28/1997 | See Source »

After a city inspection in February 1996, Alami was forced to close down his wooden spray booth and stop painting cars. When he applied for a permit to build a metal one, he said he was told that he could not get the permit because the property was not zoned for auto body work...

Author: By Elizabeth S. Zuckerman, | Title: Allston Business Sues Harvard | 7/25/1997 | See Source »

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