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Word: winked (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Musharraf's interlocutors in Washington, this must have sounded like progress. But his decision just shunted the jihadist mentality underground. With a nod and a wink, organizations like LeT re-emerged under new names. The camps were officially closed, but training shifted to hideaways deep in the mountains, where government officials could ignore them. Recruitment continued, strengthened by the perception of unjust - and U.S.-driven - persecution of Muslims...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Making of a Mumbai Terrorist | 3/8/2009 | See Source »

...you’ve ever told: This one time, when I was hooking up with this girl at BU... Something you’ve always wanted to tell someone: It wasn’t a girl. Favorite childhood activity: Watching daytime soap operas. Sexiest physical trait: My eyes. Wink wink. Best part about Harvard: The daily reminders in Lamont that someone else’s life sucks more than my own right now. Worst part about Harvard: The blistering reality that their futures are much brighter than my own in six months. Describe yourself in 3 words: Friend to folly...

Author: By FM Staff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Scoped! | 3/4/2009 | See Source »

...onset of Israel's offensive against Hamas. There was no claim of responsibility for the attack, although suspicion has fallen on militant Palestinian groups such as the Damascus-based Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command (PFLP-GC), which may have acted with a nudge and a wink from Hizballah. Hizballah, Hamas and other Palestinian groups denied responsibility. "When Hizballah does something, it announces it and has no problem doing so," says Mohammed Fneish, minister of labor in Lebanon's national unity government and also a Hizballah lawmaker. (See pictures from inside Hizballah...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who Fired on Israel from Lebanon? | 1/8/2009 | See Source »

...being a bondage babe wasn't much of a distinction to the mass audience of the '50s, who didn't know Bettie Page existed. Back then, Bettie was caviar only to the purchasers of girlie mags, tatty titles like Wink, Whisper and Flirt, where she was the preeminent pinup queen of her day. In January 1955 she was also the 13th model to grace the centerfold of a new slick magazine called Playboy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bondage Babe Bettie Page Dies at 85 | 12/11/2008 | See Source »

...nerdy way, 30 Rock calls all the bluffs. The show is all about losing to the Man, but, in taking defeat with a wink and a finger, it’s built up enough trust with its audience that they win anyway. In winning, the Man loses—how confusing for him. And how satisfying...

Author: By Jillian J. Goodman | Title: What’s Happening? | 12/11/2008 | See Source »

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