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Word: straight (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...later review what action to take. A similar statement was made by league commissioner Bud Selig. Rocker's own pitching coach, Leo Mazzone, went as far as to say, "Something's going to go wrong now with his career. And you watch it, it'll end up going straight down the tubes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rocker's Best Pitch: Learning How to Shut Up | 12/22/1999 | See Source »

Before last Saturday's loss, the Crimson (6-4) had won three straight, including an impressive 74-71 victory over La Salle in the consolation game of the ECAC Holiday Festival, and a convincing 24-point win over Rhode Island...

Author: By Peter D. Henninger, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Teams Load Holiday with Slate of Games | 12/21/1999 | See Source »

...MONSTER.COM'S WHEN I GROW UP A good Sunday-football ad is about dread--over money (investments), mortality (insurance) and, here, going back to work on Monday morning. In the employment site's Super Bowl spot, straight-faced kids recited career "dreams" ("I want to be forced into early retirement") that spoofed not only the rat race but other ads' phony, chicken-soup-for-the-sell affirmations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: The Best Television Of 1999 | 12/20/1999 | See Source »

...Rite Aid will be an uphill battle, so he's bringing three top lieutenants to help him. "Bob really cares about the customer, and that wasn't always an attitude that pervaded Rite Aid," says Meredith Adler, analyst at Lehman Bros. "He's a talented manager and a real straight shooter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Rite Remedy | 12/20/1999 | See Source »

...lesbians in Vermont. That, says Cloud, is precisely the problem. "If the point of gay marriage is largely symbolic - and I think it is - then it's crucial for the state to say to gay and lesbian couples: Your relationship is deserving of the same respect and dignity as straight relationships." Vermont's Supreme Court, adds Cloud, walked away from the chance to make a landmark decision by declaring that the state must recognize gay unions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No Wedding Bells Yet for Vermont's Gay Couples | 12/20/1999 | See Source »

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