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Word: taming (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...weeks or the Y2K bug is a bust, one thing is certain. Come Jan. 1, millions of millennium-happy revelers will be nursing Apocalypse-size hangovers. Despite thousands of years of experience with the effects of overindulging, however, there are no perfect remedies to heal their headaches or tame their tummies. In fact, most scientists won't even consider searching for a hangover cure for fear of what might happen if they succeed. But there are a few things you can do--and one or two things you should absolutely avoid--to soften the worst effects of too much alcohol...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: After the Party | 12/27/1999 | See Source »

...only obtain if lucky enough to have a proper name for both first AND last name. Frank Leonard for President meets me in the courtyard of Kirkland House. I am led to a seemingly modest room in a Kirkland entryway, but what lies behind its door is no tame student residence--it is the campaign war room of Frank Leonard for President. From this well-equipped room complete with schedules and strategies on the wall, a vacuumed carpet, bottles of vodka on the mantle, and a polished coffee/campaign strategy table, the true Frank Leonard for President, muscleman, cookie-lover, mouseketeer...

Author: By FM Staff, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Throwing a Curve Ball: FM Asks the U.C. Presidential Candidates Questions They Never Expected. | 12/9/1999 | See Source »

Still, fraternity antics at Yale were tame compared to fraternity antics at larger schools...

Author: By James Y. Stern, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Bush Spent Undergrad Years Away From Politics | 11/17/1999 | See Source »

...Train of Life is a fabulous deception, a wonderful fairy tale that tries to tame the cynic in everyone into submission. It might seem sappy, it's certainly not real and it is depressing even as it takes the audience along on its life-giving journey. To even hint at the ending would be unfair, but let's just say it puts a powerful spin on how the rest of the movie is remembered. Memory was never so bittersweet, but fairy tales were never so skillfully told...

Author: By Patty Li, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Train of Life (is Beautiful) | 11/12/1999 | See Source »

...rotten teeth. Moreover, they can take you right back to where you started. They are the campus's little turbines of doom, with faces smashed against their walls and students flying out of them, screaming. The "scoot" and The Superman are brave attempts to navigate these treacherous passageways, to tame the wild spinners...

Author: By N.o. Yuen, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: You Want a Revolution? | 10/28/1999 | See Source »

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