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Word: sweltering (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Miller plans to continue his directing career, shooting a mystery called Swelter, Murder in the Desert, this summer, and then beginning work on a futuristic film which will probably be shot in Brazil...

Author: By Rachel P. Kovner, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Director Builds on College Theater | 6/1/1998 | See Source »

Even though I had grudgingly enjoyed those trips to Lexington and Concord back in my grammar school days, I dragged my feet along the Freedom Trail in Boston during a recent family excursion, resentful of the family patriotism that forced me to swelter outside in 90-degree weather...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Patriotic Epiphany | 7/4/1996 | See Source »

...more French Opens, at least." She blends tinkering with her game with a methodical shortening of her schedule, playing a little less each year. She has bypassed the French Open, with its two weeks of endless running on clay, since 1988, and the Australian Open, in Down Under swelter that can reach 140 degreesF on court, since 1989. She takes a three-month spring break, plays no-pressure exhibitions in midsummer and enters a minimum number of tournaments to meet the rules. Next year, when many people expected that she would emphasize doubles, at which she is the best ever...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Lioness in Winter | 11/30/1992 | See Source »

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