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Word: wonder (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...claimed that as a retired politician he will "quickly fade into oblivion," but he has made too much of a mark on Washington to disappear swiftly or quietly. With all the blood, sweat and tears Paxon has poured into his political future, one does not wonder if he stay away from Washington, but how long it will be before he returns...

Author: By Jim Cocola, | Title: Billy the Kid | 3/2/1998 | See Source »

...Diversity & Distinction has done a lot for the community, and I wonder if [The University] could give us more money," says Jia-Rui Chong '99, editor-in-chief of Diversity & Distinction (D&D). "The University has certain responsibilities to its student groups that a lot of times it doesn't really pay attention...

Author: By Jenny E. Heller, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Student Groups Ask: Can You Spare a Dime? | 3/2/1998 | See Source »

...spoke of stonewalling and delays and deception and cheating on solemn commitments, rejecting Saddam's claims that his vast, fortified "presidential palaces" should be off limits to weapons inspectors because, after all, "we're not talking about a few rooms here with delicate personal matters involved," you had to wonder, What was weighing most on his mind...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Clinton's Crises: Twin Perils Of Love & War | 3/2/1998 | See Source »

...occasional punitive bombing make up the only realistic policy for keeping Saddam from becoming a threat to the Middle East. It might take a long time, because Saddam does not seem ready to leave the scene and the U.S. is unwilling to go in and get him. No wonder this is a hard sell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Clinton's Crises: Selling The War Badly | 3/2/1998 | See Source »

...format is now so firmly established that it has been included in the last two rounds of presidential debates. In both '92 and '96, the Clinton camp insisted on it, and no wonder. The most painful moment in either campaign came in watching George Bush and Bob Dole struggle feebly to adapt themselves to this alien venue. Bill Clinton glided through the town meetings, reveling in the chance to display his almost superhuman empathy. But Bush and Dole were older gents, from a generation that considered reticence a virtue and self-exposure a weakness--not, in other words, town-meeting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ye Olde Town Gimmick | 3/2/1998 | See Source »

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