Word: gazillion
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...would an industry heavyweight making a gazillion a year blow off a few hours of his day just to pick up a few pairs of sneakers? Human nature, I'm guessing--free stuff just smells so good. But some honchos really are too busy, and for them Tracy has set up a Nike outreach program. It is by all accounts her most impressive achievement...
...Four gazillion television shows wanted me that night--more an indication of TV's grudging recognition that money plays almost as big a role in people's lives as sports. I headed home to my wife and kids. Perhaps it was the screeching headlines waking the bears from hibernation, but I awoke at 2:30 a.m. that night. I couldn't believe I had been dumb enough to buy in that last half-hour. And I had told everybody about...
...gazillion corners, but we didn't score off any of them," said co-captain Beck Stringer. "We dominated most of the game. I think everyone knew that. But we didn't get the ball in the cage...
Close your eyes and think back to Frosh Week: the mixers, the lines at the Union, the massive tent with a gazillion organizations railing at you to sign their lists. Remember the dizzying confusion? Remember signing up for the strangest clubs centered around activities you never even knew existed? Remember thinking "we-ell, I guess I might be interested in that, I'm not sure, I never tried...," scribbling your name on a sheet of paper and dashing for the exit of the tent...
...very own health commissioner for the water panic--not the fact that tests had found unacceptably high levels of bacteria in more than 10% of the samples. After criticism from the mayor, the commissioner lifted the advisory, saying it was based on "outdated information," but then dumped a gazillion gallons of chlorine into the pipes--just in case. Officials of the water utilities association said that people would be able to taste the chlorine and it might be more "than they could handle." Health experts recommended showering in a ventilated area to avoid breathing poisonous chlorine gas. The Washington Post...