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Word: roping (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
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...sure what terrorism is, but it isn’t suicide bombing. The Fatah are terrorists to Sharon, and so is the Palestinian Authority. The fact is, we have given both Sharon and Arafat, as well as our major aid recipients in the Middle East (notably, Mubarak) enough rope to hang themselves with. They have, most obligingly, begun...

Author: By Meredith B. Osborn, | Title: Bush Muddles the Mideast | 4/5/2002 | See Source »

...revamped Paradise Rock Club stands decidedly alone from its poseur Lansdowne counterparts, in a lonely spot near Boston University. Monday afternoon was different however: A gathering of about fifty underage girls huddled behind the velvet rope, whispering excitedly about cute guys and trading backstage access tips under the large “SOLD OUT” sign. Not bad for The Calling’s first headlining tour...

Author: By Sonya M. Lai, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: A "Calling" In Paradise | 3/22/2002 | See Source »

...revamped Paradise Rock Club stands decidedly alone from its poseur Lansdowne counterparts, in a lonely spot near Boston University. Monday afternoon was different however: A gathering of about fifty underage girls huddled behind the velvet rope, whispering excitedly about cute guys and trading backstage access tips under the large “SOLD OUT” sign. Not bad for The Calling’s first headlining tour...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NO HEADLINE | 3/22/2002 | See Source »

...government had been his biggest buyer of hemp in the '40s. Cannabis-growing permits were plentiful during World War II because imports of other fibers dried up. In 1942 the USDA even produced a film, Hemp for Victory, to encourage farmers to plant hemp to meet wartime demand for rope...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: This Bud's Not For You | 2/18/2002 | See Source »

...scrutiny--he added up all the people he had to report to, including his family, and he ran out of fingers. When he missed a drug-treatment meeting to go to a job interview, he had to defend himself to an irate caseworker. "It's like they got a rope around your neck, a rope around your feet, and they just tug on you because they can," he said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Outside The Gates | 1/21/2002 | See Source »

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