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Word: velcro (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...marched to the shelf and tore down the card, it made a loud noise ripping away from the Velcro. I hope Professor Twersky, somewhere, heard...

Author: By Adam I. Arenson, | Title: Last Respects | 2/6/1998 | See Source »

...comic-book premise: that extraterrestrials have landed, that they are a scuzzy lot who deserve to be treated like illegal aliens and that the government has an elite corps of FBI-style agents (notably Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones) to keep them in line. Ah, this explains everything: Velcro, liposuction, the microwave oven and why the 1964 World's Fair was held in Queens...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: ONE DUMB SUMMER | 6/30/1997 | See Source »

...desk in Houston after the jump, he was rummaging for the names and addresses of all his new skydiving buddies so he could pay up on a penalty--one case of beer--because he'd dropped the rip cord instead of fixing it back on the patch of Velcro. Unwritten rule of the skyways: Recycle your equipment. His fellow jumpers didn't mind a bit, pronouncing his jump "perfect" for a novice. But Bush cared...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BUSH'S FINAL SALUTE | 4/7/1997 | See Source »

Some came to hear performances by three bands, Expanding Man, Piraeus and The Dailey Planet. Others romped through a Velcro obstacle course or played hackensack in the grass...

Author: By C.r. Mcfadden, | Title: HYPE Draws Young Voters | 9/23/1996 | See Source »

...addition to the bands, many games were set up, including a velcro obstacle course, Sea of Balls and Moon Bounce...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 1,500 Turn Out for SpringFest '96 | 5/6/1996 | See Source »

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