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Word: claps (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...reason to pursue a fellowship. Sure, a lot of powerful, famous people were fellows when they were younger, but a lot of powerful, famous people also caught venereal diseases when they were younger, and that doesn't mean you should spend your college years trying desperately to get the clap...

Author: By Brian D. Reich, | Title: Guide to Fellowships | 10/16/1990 | See Source »

...know," a bright young man cries out, "clap...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EDMUND WHITE: Imagining Other Lives | 7/30/1990 | See Source »

Gorbachev's limousine was no longer than Armand Hammer's, and had the Soviet President put on black tie, he would have blended totally with the bankers and industrialists. "Gorbachev is old friends with more than half the people here," whispered one guest as he watched him clap the arm of NBC's Tom Brokaw (who interviewed him for U.S. television) and wring the hand of Dwayne Andreas, the world's soybean king, who sells the Soviets millions in beans and grains each year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: Capitalists over Corn Bread | 6/11/1990 | See Source »

...felt like an away match and I think that affected the way I played the first game," said Clark, who lost the opener, 15-10. "I mean, everyone--including the Secret Service--would clap for [Cristiani]. It was weird...

Author: By Rebecca D. Knowles, | Title: Racquetmen Ruin the President's Day; Tigers Succumb, As Cristiani Looks On | 2/5/1990 | See Source »

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