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Word: weren (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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While in the past papers had to be sorted into glossy and non-glossy, and many types weren't recyclable at all, now every clean scrap of paper and cardboard can and should be recycled...

Author: By Benjamin D. Grizzle, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Trash Becomes Treasure: EAC Divines Solutions in Harvard Waste | 11/22/1999 | See Source »

...went into this meet knowing Brown's divers weren't that strong," McLean said. "We knew we should do well against them and it was great to help out the team...

Author: By Tim M. Martin, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: W. Swimming Stops Brown, Improves to Perfect 4-0 | 11/22/1999 | See Source »

Some issues weren't so easily resolved, however. Bernie had decided to take some of his firm's clients with him when he retired, and work out of the house a couple of days a week. He set up a home office in an extra bedroom, outfitting it with a new computer. His files took up a closet that had once been filled with Betty's clothes, and his work frequently spilled out of the bedroom onto the dining-room table. But Betty and Bernie eventually worked out the space issue with a redesign of the office, adding an extra...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Half-Retired | 11/22/1999 | See Source »

With a handful of fellow junkies (including his friend Ken Sugimori, who would eventually draw all the Pokemon), Tajiri began a magazine called GameFreak in 1982 to publicize tips and cheat codes of their favorite games. "Our conclusion was," he says, "there weren't too many good-quality games, so let's make our own." He took apart a Nintendo system to figure out how to make the games himself. Then, in 1991, he discovered Nintendo's Game Boy and its prize feature: a cable that could link any two Game Boys together. "I imagined an insect moving back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Beware of the Poke Mania | 11/22/1999 | See Source »

Funny thing is, those movies weren't very good. This one is: Burton's richest, prettiest, weirdest since Batman Returns. The simple story bends to his twists, freeing him for an exercise in high style. Sleepy Hollow may be late for Halloween, but this trick is a real treat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Tim Burton's Tricky Treat | 11/22/1999 | See Source »

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