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Word: willows (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...wandered off of Elm onto Willow, and found myself in familiar stomping grounds--I used to live here. Walking down Willow brought me to a magical world of residential living, far from the ridiculous parodies I had seen in Harvard Square earlier that morning. At the intersection with Highland Avenue and Willow, in a little corner grocery so quintessentially itself that the owner could well have disposed of the formality of a name, I bought a Coke and a donut. As usual, the baked goods display held the promise of what was to come: good times. I was down...

Author: By T.j. Kelleher, | Title: Four Dollars and Change | 4/15/1999 | See Source »

...jingle of the change in my pocket reminded me of my experiment. I felt it was complete. I stood at the intersection of Willow and Broadway, near a sign that proudly read "Ball Square" and I considered heading over a bridge that waited in front of me. The bridge headed back into Medford, toward Malden. Then I spotted Ball Square's local bar. I knew what I had to do. Twenty minutes later, with the last of my money and a bottle of Rolling Rock spent, I headed for home...

Author: By T.j. Kelleher, | Title: Four Dollars and Change | 4/15/1999 | See Source »

...your crosses and garlic because Spike (James Marsters) returns to Sunnydale tonight to take revenge on his enemies, including Angel (David Boreanaz). Also, Willow (Alyson Hannigan) decides willpower cannot control her lust, so she turns to magic on a date with Xander (Nicholas Brendon) and their friends...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: IN THE BOX | 3/18/1999 | See Source »

...Venezuelan rain forest. Then director of plant conservation for the World Wildlife Fund, he had heard of a hallucinogen used by Yanomamo medicine men. Made from the leaves, sap and seeds of various plants, the potent snuff might have medicinal benefits, he thought. After all, aspirin came from white willow bark, which North American Indians relied on to relieve pain. In fact, plants were vital in the development of 25% of all prescription drugs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Forests: MARK PLOTKIN: In Search Of The Shamans' Vanishing Wisdom | 12/14/1998 | See Source »

Then, with the carcasses still warm, he and his companions kindle a fire, carve choice pieces from an elk loin, and roast them on a willow stick. "We had salt; we were very hungry; and I never ate anything that tasted better." Teddy, the bulliest of the bull elk--armed, articulate, carnivorous--slept out among the stars that night with a conscience gloriously untroubled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Should Kids Hunt? | 11/30/1998 | See Source »

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