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Word: stretching (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Before today we were questioning ourselves as to whether we could pass the ball or not," Wilford said. "But I think [today] is a real good confidence builder going into the home stretch of the season...

Author: By David R. De remer, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: A Breakthrough Day for Harvard's Receivers | 11/1/1999 | See Source »

...talking break to join her husband in a mating dance that involves methodically removing the croutons from their chicken Caesar salad. Though her science may be suspect, her earnestness is not. During the meal, she leans over the table to confide details from her fat, ugly past. "I have stretch marks from my neck to my knees," she says sotto voce. Her husband tells her they are battle scars. They are in love in ways that even Codependent No More never imagined...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Low-Carb Diet Craze | 11/1/1999 | See Source »

...lucky, is around for maybe a week." Or is it? There's already talk of possible Oscar nominations for Russell Crowe, Pacino or Plummer. That would keep the film alive well into next year. And then there's the video release. All that could mean a long stretch ahead for 60 Minutes. Tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Truth & Consequences | 11/1/1999 | See Source »

...boomers sag toward retirement, many employers also see such programs as a way to eke a few more years of productivity from their graying work force. To cut back on sprains and strains on its bottling lines, Coors has introduced stretch breaks, hired ergonomics experts to redesign machines, built on-site gyms and even corporate health clinics, where employees and their families can be treated for any routine medical problem, work related...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Healthy Profits | 11/1/1999 | See Source »

...progress, certainly, but it would still be a stretch to call the founder of the Moral Majority a friend of the gay community. Falwell made it clear that he still opposes homosexuality, and over the years he has devoted far more energy to saving gays from their supposed sin than to saving them from physical assaults. A typical sampling of Falwell's rhetoric is the July edition of his National Liberty Journal, in which he wrote that we cannot "blame" genetics for "adultery, homosexuality, dishonesty and other character flaws." Most famously, Falwell urged parents to avoid the British children...

Author: By Adam A. Sofen, | Title: The Lessons of Lynchburg | 10/29/1999 | See Source »

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