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Word: steals (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...When I go to the airport, I get stuck in traffic in Boston for half an hour on the way back, and Boston cabs come into Cambridge and steal my business," he added...

Author: By Jason T. Benowitz, | Title: City Council Takes Steps to Scuttle U.S. Shuttle | 11/25/1996 | See Source »

...Nazi plunder of Jewish property, possessions and capital was horrible but almost "understandable" [WORLD, Oct. 28]. Victors have got the spoils for millenniums, but Switzerland's masquerade as a neutral safe haven to lure and then steal $3 billion to $7 billion in victims' assets was unprecedented, vile treachery. The Swiss banks should feel humiliated that more than 50 years have passed without their addressing the disposition of Jewish wealth. WILLIAM P. SAUNDERS Bloomfield, Michigan Via E-mail...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Nov. 25, 1996 | 11/25/1996 | See Source »

...Bill Clinton learned that it is not enough to be smart or charming or plump with vision. His triumph on Tuesday night, for all the records it broke, was a victory for studied modesty; for a willingness to swallow his pride to preserve his power, embrace his enemies to steal their ideas and march into history as the first two-term Democrat since F.D.R., not with great leaps forward but one baby step at a time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: OUR JOURNEY IS NOT DONE | 11/18/1996 | See Source »

MOVIES . . . SPACE JAM: It's finally here, the long-hyped Michael Jordan/Bugs Bunny collaboration. In plot, 'Space Jam' is akin to the new Star Trek picture: evil aliens (here the Nerdlucks) try to steal the souls (the talent) of the galaxy?s most complex life forms (NBA stars Charles Barkley, Patrick Ewing, Muggsey Bogues, Larry Johnson and token white geek Shawn Bradley). If Jordan doesn?t renounce his infatuation with baseball and agree to play a basketball game against the aliens' Monstar team, civilization will be imperiled. Not to mention some very fat Nike contracts. There are the requisite inside...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Weekend Entertainment Guide | 11/15/1996 | See Source »

Democratic congressional candidates nationwide were hoping that the electoral rout in Tuesday's presidential election could generate the support needed to steal control of the Senate and the House of Representatives away from the Republicans...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Day After: Analysts Ponder Election Results | 11/7/1996 | See Source »

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