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Word: upping (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Hayes runs the Homies & Popz through a tight workout spiked with lectures on focus, attitude and respect. He leads a boot-camp jog, yelling out "Compton Cricket!" as they answer "U.S.A.!" For Hayes, the highlight of the trip to Britain was having young men "who grew up in all this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In the Realm of Rap, Cricket Takes Root | 11/8/1999 | See Source »

Each week the V.I.P. writers have a meeting to decide upon a lame excuse to show half-naked women. White-slavery ring? Trouble on a swimsuit photoshoot? The owner of a lingerie company under siege? Good enough. The writers' only requirement is to include one sexy scene and one action...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Babe Tube | 11/8/1999 | See Source »

In one segment, set in the drenching rain, a character offers up her shirt to shelter the group's campfire. But just when it seems like there will be some gratuitous seminudity, the scene devolves into a gruesome amputation ending in death. Plus, she gets her shirt back by the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Babe Tube | 11/8/1999 | See Source »

Likewise, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World, produced by Animal House director John Landis and featuring Jennifer O'Dell, needs to up the babe quotient and tone down the silly adventure plots. But a couple of shows for next year look to have more potential. Former Baywatch star...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Babe Tube | 11/8/1999 | See Source »

Greed is just the first of the quiz-show contenders hoping to cash in on Millionaire's success. Because game shows are cheaper to produce than sitcoms or dramas, nearly every network is scrambling to come up with one. The trick is finding the right formula.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: A $2 Million Question | 11/8/1999 | See Source »

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