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Word: tantrums (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...many of us stuck with cascading cans of soup and a two-year-old's tantrum in Aisle 6? The fact is, online supermarket shopping is in its infancy, and most of the $440 billion we spend annually filling the pantry goes to traditional grocers. Naturally, they are less than enthusiastic about giving that business up. "We're going to fight for every food dollar," says Michael Sansolo of the Food Marketing Institute, which represents the grocery establishment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Food Fight! Food Fight! | 12/27/1999 | See Source »

...foot (that would be a Pidgey) to 28 ft. (that's an Onix) and in weight from 2 lbs. (Diglett) to 1,914 lbs. (Snorlax). Their fighting skills are as feral as ramming (that's Rhydon), as yucky as a tongue wrap (Lickitung--ugh!) or as childish as a tantrum (Primeape). There are more than 150 Pokemon species, and almost any child of 12 or younger, wired with a child's propensity for order, can recite a substantial lineup, complete with arcane attributes and an individual monster's ability to evolve into higher forms. Welcome to the new Mesozoic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Beware of the Poke Mania | 11/22/1999 | See Source »

...right? Wrong. It was only the beginning of what hacker watchdog John Vranesevich, founder of AntiOnline, calls an "online temper tantrum." Word spread to wired dorms and bedrooms all over the world that U.S. government sites were the target du jour. A group called Masters of Downloading replaced the Senate's home page with its own anti-FBI screed; a Portuguese hacker named M1crochip defaced an obscure Interior Department page and vowed famously (at least for 15 minutes) to "go after every computer on the Net with a [name that ends...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Geeks vs. G-Men | 6/14/1999 | See Source »

...Mourning had spent this extra-long off-season toting around the painful memory of his temper tantrum with Larry Johnson in Game 4 of his 1998 series with the Knicks. After the scuffle, Riley reportedly told his franchise player, "You know, you just cost us the season...

Author: By Daniel G. Habib, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Dan-nie Baseball! | 5/17/1999 | See Source »

...Mourning had spent this extralong off-season toting around the painful memory of his temper tantrum with Larry Johnson in Game 4 of his 1998 series with the Knicks. After the scuffle, Riley reportedly told his franchise player, "You know, you just cost us the season...

Author: By Daniel G. Habib, | Title: The Shot Finally Falls: Houston Provides Unlikely Game-Winner | 5/17/1999 | See Source »

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