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Word: ward (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...last I had heard of Chelsea Clinton, she was just a little child about to embark on her adolescent adventures in the public eye. I remembered the ugly things that had been written and said about her in the press, all those phrases with the words 'pubescent' and 'awk-ward' in them. Was she nearing college age? What would she be doing at Harvard? Surely...

Author: By Patrick S. Chung, | Title: Just Another Harvard Hopeful | 9/21/1996 | See Source »

...Clinton's focus on such small-change matters as school uniforms, curfews and V-chips was a tactic of genius. He could be appealing as the nation's ward healer, while lamenting the existence of deep, vast ills that no one believed a national leader could fix anyway. He carefully looked to determine which side his bread was buttered on, and saw that it was the crust...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BY POPULAR DEMAND | 9/18/1996 | See Source »

...entire term at LaFlamme, Ferrara worked at a lone chair in the far left corner of the store, the so-called "isolation ward...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Legendary Barber Dead at 81 | 8/9/1996 | See Source »

...that the U.S. economy had grown at a heady 4.2 percent from April to June, the fastest growth since 1994. "This is good news for America, more evidence that our economic strategy is working," said Clinton. Investor fears that the Federal Reserve will hike short-term interest rates to ward off the inflation that usually accompanies rapid growth have been eased by reports that inflation is not heating up. (While the GDP rose 4.2 percent, the price index climbed just 2 percent.) In response to this morning's report, the Dole campaign called the President's announcement "a slap...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Politics of Growth | 8/1/1996 | See Source »

...plot sort, as if the writers were fearful of departing from the formulaic awkwardness of courtship. O'Connell as Joe gamely spends his time undergoing the gags tossed at him throughout the movie, but usually sounds even more stilted than this one-trick-bug of a movie allows. Ward's Lily isn't given much to do but be pursued, compliment Joe and act nobly...

Author: By Nicolas R. Rapold, | Title: MTV Flick Grows Old Quick | 7/30/1996 | See Source »

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