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Word: wearers (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...sandals picks his way through the crowd to weed out the youngest, most desperate cases. Gathering them together in another part of the compound, he feeds each one a spoonful of antidiarrhea medicine from a rusty thermos bottle. Every child under five receives a plastic bracelet, which entitles the wearer to a protein biscuit in addition to a bowl of gruel. The bands are color coded; blue for severely malnourished; red for those on the verge of death...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Africa: A Day in the Death of Somalia | 9/21/1992 | See Source »

...implant)) story." Public health? Slicing women's chests open so that they can be stuffed with a close chemical relative of Silly Putty? Yes, indeed, because the plastic surgeons understand what the FDA is so reluctant to acknowledge: small breasts are not just a harmless challenge to the bikini wearer or would-be topless entertainer. They are a disease, a disfiguring illness for which the technical term is micromastia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Stamping Out A Dread Scourge | 2/17/1992 | See Source »

Jones stands contradicted by a sideburn wearer."There are two reasons why I wear sideburns. Thefirst is that I wanted to be like Luke Perry andJason Priestley." said Harvard sophomore JeremyBarnum, as he watched the gang of West Beverly."Mine are more like Luke's. Jason's are kind offlared at the ends...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bits of Sex And Violence | 2/6/1992 | See Source »

...Jerry doesn't know what he's talking about," said Harvard first-year and sideburn-wearer Mike E. Farbierz. "The only real reason I wear sideburns is because I'm too lazy to shave. The only maintenance problem is when one comes out shorter that the other...

Author: By Sara A. Bibel, | Title: For Once, Those Funky Hasidim Are Pretty Hip | 2/6/1992 | See Source »

Contrary to popular belief, wearers say, noserings are not cold against the skin in the winter. They do not fly out when the wearer sneezes. And they are not annoying, even with a runny nose, wearers said...

Author: By Ira E. Stoll, | Title: They've Got a Nose for Fashion | 11/15/1990 | See Source »

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