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Word: upone (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...President-meant" spin efforts of his trade negotiating team, the specter of labor conditions being used as a reason to block imports to the U.S. from developing countries prompted their leaders to block any progress. In the end, Washington was unable to win even the relatively nebulous commitment - agreed upon by its most important rival trading bloc, the European Union - to form a WTO working group on the issue of labor rights. Thus the pitfalls of an organization whose decision-making process demands absolute consensus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Counting the Cost of Seattle for Bill and Al | 12/6/1999 | See Source »

...Franken approached Bell before the final exam, and upon learning that the exam was based solely on reading, spent three weeks doing nothing but the entire semester's reading, he said...

Author: By Marla B. Kaplan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Franken Pokes Fun at Harvard, National Politics | 12/6/1999 | See Source »

...Immediately upon taking the stage, Franken shared one of his own Harvard memories...

Author: By Marla B. Kaplan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Franken Pokes Fun at Harvard, National Politics | 12/6/1999 | See Source »

...fact, the whole debate operated a little like a love-fest between McCain and Bush, the other candidates trying to break up the happy couple with some sharp jabs which had little weight upon impact. McCain and Bush were so nice to each other you had to wonder whether they were running for the Republican presidential nomination or trying to get their "citizenship in the nation" boy-scout badge...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: Where Were the Issues? | 12/6/1999 | See Source »

...Earth. It's also conceivable that the probe landed on its side, making a clear transmission path even more difficult. The possibility that NASA doesn't want to think about yet is that the craft didn't survive the landing, perhaps burning up in the atmosphere or breaking up upon impact...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mars Lander, Phone Home... Please | 12/5/1999 | See Source »

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