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Word: tomming (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Critics say Landmark is an elaborate marketing game that relies heavily on volunteers. Says Tom Johnson, an "exit counselor" often summoned by concerned parents to tend to alumni: "They tire your brain; they make you vulnerable." Says critic Liz Sumerlin: "The participants end up becoming recruiters. That's the whole purpose." Psychiatrists who speak on Landmark's behalf dispute these claims. But Sumerlin says a 1993 Forum turned her fiance (now her ex) into a robot. She organized an anti-Landmark hot line and publications clearinghouse. Landmark officials made sounds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Best Of Est? | 3/16/1998 | See Source »

...never been explicitly stated why people take these Tom Cruise Jobs, the ones where the sector disavows you if you get caught. These yahoos are breaking the law at a daily interval and yet they have no problem accepting the fact that they are engaged in something that appears treasonable to all but the most trained observer. That doesn't make any sense. What kind of benefits exist as compensation for this depression era job security? The scenario in La Femme Nikita is more plausible. Do a nasty deed, get blackmailed into doing several more, only for the good guys...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Memo to Movieland: `Marshals' Hard to Digest | 3/13/1998 | See Source »

...competitors, including NBC NightlyNews anchor Tom Brokaw and ABC World News Tonightanchor Peter Jennings, chartered planes bound forWashington, D.C., Rather said competitive pressuremotivated him to leave Cuba. "The voice of TVreason either says you're out of your mind [if youdon't go to Washington] or you're smokingsomething expensive down there," Rather quipped...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Rather Receives Journalism Award | 3/13/1998 | See Source »

Tyler Green went four innings for the win, allowing one run on two hits. Toronto reliever Tom Davey was tagged for six runs on seven hits...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL | 3/11/1998 | See Source »

Said TIME: "Tom Benton, who does know how to drink..." No town drunk does...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sounding Off, Talking Back | 3/9/1998 | See Source »

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