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Word: tolls (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...until you find the offender.) But resolving a PC conflict means entering a time-wasting morass of Washington-sex-scandal dimensions. Still, I had no choice. After fiddling around importantly for a bit, I did what I always end up doing in PC-land: I called the 24-hour, toll-free so-called help line. This turned out to be a mistake...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Help-Line Hell | 3/29/1999 | See Source »

...coffee debate: four to five cups in the morning can cause adrenaline levels to shoot up by 34%--and remain high for hours afterward. Blood pressure rises slightly too, according to research published last week. The same reactions occur when you're under stress--and no doubt take a toll on health. Evidence? New research shows that in New York--the epicenter of stress--death rates from heart attack are 55% higher than the U.S. average...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Your Health: Mar. 15, 1999 | 3/15/1999 | See Source »

Peter Weir, The Truman Show. Peter is in trouble for a few reasons. First, Truman was released months before any of the other nominees. The film has been out of the public eye for too long, and the lack of current hype will take its toll. Second: since the film was Jim Carrey's break-through dramatic role, viewers remember this cautionary tale as an actor's triumph, not that of a director. Third, and most damning: Weir did a good job directing Truman, but perhaps he was too good for his own good (say that five times fast...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Oscar is Beautiful Saving Private Oscar Thin Red Oscar Oscars in Love Oscar | 3/9/1999 | See Source »

...Second killer avalanche hits Austrian ski resorts; death toll hits...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Top 50 News Stories (Of Last Wednesday) | 3/8/1999 | See Source »

Another day, another fusillade of TNT falls on Iraq. Is this going anywhere? Only if we're lucky. "Despite claims about a prospective coup against Saddam, this is something Washington can hope for but not plan," says TIME Pentagon correspondent Mark Thompson. "Persistent bombing takes a psychological toll on Saddam's regime, but it's like trying to cut down a tree with sandpaper -- not impossible, but it'll take a long time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: More Iraq Bombs, but Saddam's Still Standing | 3/8/1999 | See Source »

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