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Word: zens (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...question and message of the day -- in countless public appearances. But the Tennessean can subtly slip into words like "dysfunction" and "inner child" as adroitly as his supporters buckle on their Birkenstocks. He makes eye contact when someone talks about "letting go." In conversation, Gore offers Zen-like nuggets like, "Sometimes you can only find something by losing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Al Gore' s O.K., You're O.K. | 10/12/1992 | See Source »

...very intelligent; very very sensitive, very evolved; more than his linear years. And he's an extraordinary human being. He plays like a Zen master. It's very in the moment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Society: Sep. 21, 1992 | 9/21/1992 | See Source »

...closer to the basket than in the N.B.A. and that the lane is wider, both tending to nullify the Americans' height advantage. However, after seeing how little difference these factors made in his team's 136-57 loss to the Yanks, Cuban coach Miguel Gomez seemed transported to a Zen mode. "One finger cannot cover the sun," he said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Basketball Are They Kidding? | 7/27/1992 | See Source »

...little Zen, maybe, but it beats disposable rock...

Author: By J.c. Herz, | Title: Of the "Not" Generation: Notes of an Alternative Music fan | 4/23/1992 | See Source »

...some other life Jerry Brown must have been born in New York City. Unlike Clinton, he immediately navigated the city's politics with the Zen of a cabdriver weaving his way around potholes. "California is the hurly-burly closest to New York," he explained. He defined his constituency and mauled his opponent. He grafted disaffected strains of labor, minority and environmental blocs with those voters who are simply furious at everything. "Someone like Jerry Brown is the future of politics in this country," says Michael Manza, 31, a New York Stock Exchange clerk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Democrats Watch Yer Back | 4/13/1992 | See Source »

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