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Word: suck (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...heard him live in concert, it was difficult for me to determine whether he was all hype hiding behind a veneer of legend and recording technology. The question was never whether his heart was healthily thumping away--rather, pragmatically, if I saw him in concert, was he going to suck? And therein lies the peculiarity of affection: it fears the possibility of change. For our purposes, that would result if the familiar image of good Dylan will be destroyed and replaced by a Dylan who sucks...

Author: By Teri Wang, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Faith in Bob, Paul as Prophet | 7/30/1999 | See Source »

...just say that Dylan didn't suck...

Author: By Teri Wang, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Faith in Bob, Paul as Prophet | 7/30/1999 | See Source »

This year Harry turns 13, and he and his pals Ron and Hermione meet flying Hippogriffs and terrifying Dementors, prison guards who suck the happiness out of people; they take classes in Divination and discover new powers. But as Rowling, with her trademark humor and tight plotting, continues to mine her true themes of betrayal and loyalty, love and loss, the forces of evil are also encroaching. "Life is becoming a bit more fraught with anxiety generally," Rowling says. "And in book four, Harry gets introduced to his hormones." All of which will help Harry and his fans grow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Abracadabra! | 7/26/1999 | See Source »

...something about ticks that drives even the most well-balanced among us a bit nutty. They're too small to feel when they're crawling on your skin. They pack their own anesthetic, so you don't realize they're burying their heads in your body. And they suck your blood for hours at a stretch. Besides grossing you out, ticks may carry certain bacteria that can make you very, very sick, as thousands of folks in the Northeast and Midwest who have developed Lyme disease can tell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Beyond Lyme | 7/26/1999 | See Source »

...What's Melissa so obsessed about? That Jar-Jar Binks character is going to be so annoying. I bet this movie's going to suck. I'm just here to see how much...

Author: By Vasugi V. Ganeshananthan, | Title: Finding the Force | 5/24/1999 | See Source »

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