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Word: upping (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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On New York City: "The biggest thing I don't like about New York are the foreigners. I'm not a very big fan of foreigners. You can walk an entire block in Times Square and not hear anybody speaking English. Asians and Koreans and Vietnamese and Indians and Russians...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rocker's Best Pitch: Learning How to Shut Up | 12/22/1999 | See Source »

Americans are fed up with 10-page phone bills listing service providers they don't remember contracting with, which have become the norm since 1984. Because of the 1996 act, major telecoms, including AT&T, Bell Atlantic and MCI/Sprint, will eventually be able to package Internet, cable TV, cellular, long...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will Consumers' Money Be Saved by the Bells? | 12/22/1999 | See Source »

Possibly more important than its appeal to liberals is the proposal's potential to shore up the veep's grip on the middle, which he could eventually wrangle over with George W. Bush. The Democratic primary debates promise to pit Bradley's $90 billion health care proposal against Gore's...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: With an Eye on the Center, Gore Outflanks Bradley | 12/22/1999 | See Source »

For proof of preschool's greater appeal, consider that while Bill Clinton's most famous domestic policy gaffe is his botched stab at health care reform, his tenfold expansion of Head Start's budget has been virtually unopposed. That's political currency for Gore, who's made an art form...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: With an Eye on the Center, Gore Outflanks Bradley | 12/22/1999 | See Source »

This message isn't lost on the Braves, who released a statement distancing themselves from the pitcher and said they'll later review what action to take. A similar statement was made by league commissioner Bud Selig. Rocker's own pitching coach, Leo Mazzone, went as far as to say...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rocker's Best Pitch: Learning How to Shut Up | 12/22/1999 | See Source »

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