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Word: whitebread (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...most trouble this season, and another is what is properly termed mojo: Staff ace Kevin Brown and catcher Jim Leyritz were Series heroes in the past two seasons. Still another is character: Like the Yankees, the Pods' people are hard to hate, with nice-guy Gwynn leading a whitebread team low on ego and high on winning. When the series opens in the Bronx on Saturday night, David Justice will be playing golf. Who are the Yankee fans supposed to scream profanities at? Gwynn? Hitchcock or Leyritz, both ex-Yankees? Not to worry -- the Bleacher Bums will think of something...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: But Series-ly, Folks | 10/15/1998 | See Source »

...came from your stereotypical whitebread prep school. The kids there wore polo shirts, and drove fancy sports cars. There were a handful of minority students in my class of 150 graduating seniors, but I didn't know them too well...

Author: By Jonathan S. Cohn, | Title: Appreciate Harvard's Diversity | 6/25/1990 | See Source »

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