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Word: stun (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...when, after a high-speed chase, King was forced out of his car and encircled by police. The 81-second video recorded what happened next: a danse macabre of casual, almost studied, violence. King, writhing on the pavement, was kicked by his uniformed assailants, jolted with a stun gun and hit with nightsticks 56 times...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Jarring Verdict, An Angry Spasm | 5/11/1992 | See Source »

Earlier this season, Harvard overcame a 13-point second-half deficit to stun Penn at the Palestra in Philadelphia. Now the Quakers years to even the score against a Crimson team weakened by illness...

Author: By Justin R. P. ingersoll, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: W. Cagers Hunting Ivy Crown | 2/21/1992 | See Source »

...Crimson overcame a 13-point second half deficit to stun Penn at home. Spurred by two three pointers down the stretch courtesy of Cronk, Harvard outscored Penn 27-10 in the closing minutes to secure...

Author: By Justin R.P. Ingersoll, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: Women Cagers Steal Two on the Road | 2/3/1992 | See Source »

Because their peaty soils oxidize when exposed to air, delta islands converted to farmland have been sinking, leaving humans and wildlife increasingly vulnerable to flooding in the next earthquake. Giant pumps powerful enough to reverse the flow of the Sacramento River stun and kill young striped bass and other fish. Encroaching urbanization, flooding, and conversion of marshes to farmland have destroyed 90% of the state's wetlands, most of which were linked to the estuary. As freshwater is diverted into canals, the zone where freshwater and salt water meet has moved upstream, starving young staghorn sculpin that in turn were...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gobbling Up the Land | 11/18/1991 | See Source »

After Mallgrave's tally early in the third to knot the score at four, the Crimson defense--led by Hughes--continued to stun the Olympians attack, until Emma's late game goal...

Author: By Ted G. Rose and Jay K. Varma, S | Title: Team USA Outlasts Icemen, 5-4 | 11/9/1991 | See Source »

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