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Word: suit (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Instead of bowing before MTV's shiny-suit-ridden, treble-enhanced Jam of the Week, I pit myself against the MC I have yet to meet through lyrics saturated with wordplay and allusions and urban imagery and political consciousness. I pump my fist when a colleague on stage instructs me to, roam sidewalks with a perennially playing walkman, love few things more than a huddle of cats dropping science to beatboxes and split cheap cigars open while listening to my newly-purchased Roots album (by the way, buy it now, it's truly ridiculous...

Author: By Andres A. Ramos, | Title: ETHNOGRAPHIC WRITING: The MC's Job, Apparently | 2/26/1999 | See Source »

Horowitz said he realized the Left's answer would be that Winfrey is "a token." However, Horowitz countered, "Oprah Winfrey isn't a token--Cornel West is a token. He's an empty intellectual suit, he's not that smart, and he got his place because of the scramble for black faces in the university by the liberal administration...

Author: By Steven E. Stryer, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Author Horowitz Condemns Left, Universities | 2/23/1999 | See Source »

Shortly after the A.D. decided to bar non-members Jan. 20, Duffell said he did not think the Owl would follow suit...

Author: By Victoria C. Hallett, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Owl Bars Doors to Non-Members | 2/23/1999 | See Source »

...York's Finest. Over a late lunch at the Tick Tock Diner, Detective Ralph Aiello briefed me about his undercover work for Operation Crystal Ball, a crackdown on exploitative fortunetellers. "They're like vultures on the African plain," says Aiello. His boss, Lieutenant Robert Groth, in a sleek blue suit and crisp haircut, puts it simply: "They're professional con artists...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: I See a Policeman In Your Future... | 2/22/1999 | See Source »

Long before he was my grandfather, Grandpa splurged on an expensive piece of new technology called a television because his beloved Detroit Tigers made the World Series. My not-so-beloved Dolphins didn't make the Super Bowl this year, so I didn't follow suit and buy a pricey high-definition television (HDTV) set. But I borrowed one for my Super Bowl party to preview my generation's TV transition. The early verdict: a helluva TV, but not much...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: I Want My HDTV! | 2/22/1999 | See Source »

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