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Word: westing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Reporters who wouldn't know an offside trap from a lobster pot were now descending on the team's lone media rep demanding exclusives. David Letterman pronounced himself "team owner" and began plugging away. Even Tom Brokaw went West for an on-the-scene report...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Flat-Out Fantastic | 7/19/1999 | See Source »

...plug in the car adapter ($120 from Port, based in Norwalk, Conn.) that will power my Toshiba laptop from her cigarette lighter. But right on cue, a green dot pinpoints our starting location on a detailed map and then morphs into an arrow as we reach the West Side Highway...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lost in Space | 7/19/1999 | See Source »

...many of us, moderation even goes against human nature. Extreme case: a rancher friend of mine in West Texas, to whom I offered a beer at lunch, declined it, remarking philosophically, "You know, Lay-yance, I never have been able to understand one beer. If you drink one, you want to drink a case or two. And we don't have time for that today...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Pox on Moderation | 7/19/1999 | See Source »

Signature Shades: Custom-made oval shades in Wild Wild West, which opened last week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Through A Glass Darkly | 7/12/1999 | See Source »

...because of his belief that Asia is destined for greater world power, at American expense. Critics have called him anti-Western, but Mahbubani's argument is really with Western arrogance, with leaders who insist capitalism and democracy are the answer for all nations. In fact, he says, the West's hubris is accelerating its decline and polluting relations with proud, ambitious nations such as China and Japan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Thinker | 7/12/1999 | See Source »

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