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Word: toils (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...sweat and toil of an at athlete always add to the glory of the victory, as when Gwen Torrence came back from life-threatening foot injuries to win gold medals in the 1992 Summer Olympics. Yet this idea is not the apex of athletics, as it was for the Greeks...

Author: By Mayer Bick, | Title: To an Athlete Dying Old | 10/24/1995 | See Source »

...Waterworld weren't an original script (by Peter Rader, David Twohy and at least four uncredited rewriters), it would be the kind of film that makes you want to read the book it was based on, to find all the rich detail the movie leaves out. For despite the toil of hundreds of artisans, Waterworld is a series of hints and promises, weird turns and blind alleys...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WHAT A WORLD! | 7/31/1995 | See Source »

...After three years of intensive nonstop toil in a hypermetabolic climate, Rudenstine hit the wall," the magazine says...

Author: By Andrew L. Wright, | Title: Rudenstine Will Appear on Cover Of Newsweek | 2/27/1995 | See Source »

...party also took its toil on supplies. Organizers ran out of alcohol, non-alcoholic drinks and chips, though not until near the party's conclusion...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: Saturday Cabot Party Attracts Estimated 600 | 10/24/1994 | See Source »

These driven people have counterparts in the realm of public service. They are the folks who we see pouring drinks for their little buddies in the dining halls, who toil at Phillips Brooks. House (PBH)late into the night, who work in local women's shelters once a week. They, for personal reasons, have taken it upon themselves to give to the community. They, of course, should be commended...

Author: By Edward F. Mulkerin iii, | Title: Confi's Take on Coles | 10/3/1994 | See Source »

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