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Word: superably (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
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...first contractor's estimate of $14,000: "I say, 'Are you nuts? I'm not paying your country-club dues, pal.' He drops the bid to $4,400." But Gage got another estimate, from his receptionist's husband, for $1,100. "He wins, and he does a super job, top notch. The first contractor comes back to see how it went. He doesn't say much, other than that a couple of pipes are sticking out. At that point, I'm saying: 'Who cares? Look at the deal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tables Turned: Contractors Now at Homeowners' Mercy | 7/28/2009 | See Source »

...journalism. (After all, traditional news outlets aren't without potential conflict either; I review HBO series even though HBO's owner owns TIME.) But they may include funding models far different from the old church-and-state separation of content-making and money-raising. (See the best and worst Super Bowl commercials...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Price Journalism? What Would You Pay? | 7/27/2009 | See Source »

...featuring a widely mocked character that the company's own chairman once said is "misguided" and "weakens the brand"? Why, just when the stakes are at an all-time high, is a bankrupt company putting that creepy dancing old guy back on our TVs? (See the best and worst Super Bowl commercials...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Is Six Flags Targeting Kids with a Creepy Old Guy? | 7/24/2009 | See Source »

...looking into sailing down to the Arctic. I might see if I can get a TV series or something going on that. I hope to make a career out of adventuring. I love doing it, and if I can make it pay for itself, I'd be super happy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Teen Who Sailed the World Solo | 7/21/2009 | See Source »

...yard. If Steve McNair's potentially game-tying pass in 2000 to Tennessee Titans wide receiver Kevin Dyson had just reached the end zone--and if the Titans had gone on to beat the St. Louis Rams in Super Bowl XXXIV--we'd be memorializing McNair, who was murdered at age 36 on July 4, as an NFL legend. Instead, we'll recall the quarterback, who was reared in small-town Mississippi and drafted out of tiny Alcorn State (Miss.) University, as a supremely gifted workhorse who fought through injuries to patch together an outstanding 13-year career. And sadly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Steve McNair | 7/20/2009 | See Source »

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