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Word: lifting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Lift-ticket prices have skyrocketed this year, and a Sunday pass will run a snowboarder somewhere between $35 and $59. At the beginning of the season, HUSC offered members a three-mountain season pass for a drastically reduced rate. The club also offers loans of boards and boots so riders without equipment can avoid costly rental fees...

Author: By Jonelle M. Lonergan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Stress-Free Sundays Mean Riding Rails, Raising Money | 12/6/1999 | See Source »

...said, "I'll lift you." He did that with no strain at all, and he stood in reach of Judas' arms till the last breath failed, but Judas never once reached toward...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jesus Of Nazareth Then And Now | 12/6/1999 | See Source »

...four canonical Gospels. A few others are so striking as to be perhaps genuine. For instance, in Thomas, Jesus says, "He who is near me is near fire, but he who is far from me is far from the kingdom" and "Split the wood and I am there; lift up the stone and you will find me there." Both have that fresh air of authority that rises from his better-known sayings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jesus Of Nazareth Then And Now | 12/6/1999 | See Source »

...force the plane down. A second later, a small shield is flicked up over the twin-engine control levers on the central console, and both engines switch off. Four seconds after that, the plane's speed brakes, panels deployed atop the wings rise into the airstream, disrupting the lift in an effort to slow down the descent. Suddenly, the plane begins to climb...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Prayer Before Dying | 11/29/1999 | See Source »

...Harvard netminder dove across the crease and Holmes was unable to lift the puck--or the rebound--over Kuusisto's stick, which formed a barricade along the goal line...

Author: By Zevi M. Gutfreund, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: W. Hockey Sweeps No. 1 UNH, Maine | 11/22/1999 | See Source »

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