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Word: toasts (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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They were so close, Caroline and her brother John. When Caroline got married, John gave the first toast: "All my life there has just been the three of us--Mommy, Caroline...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: And Then There Was One | 7/26/1999 | See Source »

BONDING WITH UNCLE U.S. savings bonds are Melba toast on anybody's investment plate. And for thousands of holders, they're even less tasty. There are nearly 18 million savings bonds afloat ($6.6 billion worth) that are no longer earning interest. These patriotic bondholders are giving Uncle Sam a free loan. To check the status of your stack of yellowing paper, try the Savings Bond Wizard, a free computer program available for downloading at www.publicdebt.treas.gov/sav/sav.htm It lets you track redemption values and determine the best time to cash...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Your Money: Jul. 12, 1999 | 7/12/1999 | See Source »

...myths to refute about this whole bus business. First of all, there's no way a bus could ever get up to and stay at 50 miles per hour on a Los Angeles freeway. No way, no how, sorry Sandra Bullock but in real life you would have been toast...

Author: By Meredith B. Osborn, | Title: Into the Valley, Riding the Bus | 7/9/1999 | See Source »

...long ago, ordering margarine with your toast seemed like a downright virtuous thing to do. Without all the saturated fats that plump up butter, margarine was said to be the perfect way to get flavor without endangering your heart. In recent years, however, evidence has mounted that this supposedly healthier spread poses cardiac risks of its own. And last week a study in the New England Journal of Medicine suggested that those risks are so great that it may be time to consider modifying food labels so consumers can tell which butter substitutes are good for them and which...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Margarine Misgivings | 7/5/1999 | See Source »

President of Wellesley College Diana Chapman Walsh, a former Harvard professor and a friend of Wilson, noted in her toast that being the president of a college is little like being a funeral attendant...

Author: By Rosalind S. Helderman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Endowed Directorship to Honor Wilson | 6/9/1999 | See Source »

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