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Word: tinning (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...five years -- remains? so massive. 2MRC requires maintaining a certain level of equipment and personnel -- all of which costs more and more each year. Until the basic doctrine is reassessed -- and "President Clinton is not about to jettison 2MRC," says Thompson -- expect the Pentagon to keep holding out its tin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Pentagon Wants More Money | 12/8/1998 | See Source »

...much the same fashion, he worked on making sure that an automotive infrastructure developed along with the cars. Just like horses, cars had to be fed--so Ford pushed for gas stations everywhere. And as his tin lizzies bounced over the rutted tracks of the horse age, he campaigned for better roads, which eventually led to an interstate-highway system that is still the envy of the world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Driving Force: Henry Ford | 12/7/1998 | See Source »

...most-fun software I saw came from a small Madison, Wis., shop called Sonic Foundry. Sonic's new line of sound-editing programs lets you create amazing music, even if you have a tin ear. I tried Sonic's Acid Rock ($49.95), which comes with more than 500 sound clips. You can listen to any clip by simply selecting it; when you find a sound you like, slap it onto a track in the editing room. Lay down a bass line, add percussion and instrumentation--the software will even resolve the key so that everything harmonizes. What...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Next Year's Model | 11/30/1998 | See Source »

...your Crimson? A lot of your fellow students don't, at least not regularly. Circulation complaints are traditionally among the most common gripes about The Crimson. This semester, the situation appears to be especially bad. Instead of the occasional lapse in delivery, some readers like Tin Ming L. Hsu, a junior in Lowell House, find that it is the rare exception when they actually get their paper...

Author: By Kaustuv Sen, | Title: Where's Your Paper? | 11/5/1998 | See Source »

Backup quarterback Monte Christo ran for two second half TDs to give the Huskers the lead, but Missouri had a chance to tie tin the final seconds. At the Huskers' 22 with nine seconds left, Corby Jones' pass went though John Dausman's hands in to end zone, Jones was sacked on the next play to end the game...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Seminole Win Clouds Bowl Picture | 10/26/1998 | See Source »

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