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Word: whacking (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2000
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...sides. But the settling of Strike One simply filled folks with anxious thoughts of Strike Two and Strike Three. In a few months, contracts will expire that link actors and writers to the movie studios and TV networks. If either employee group walks, entertainment could take a billion-dollar whack...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Strike Won? Strike Two and Three | 10/28/2000 | See Source »

Pedro, meanwhile, was cursed by a lack of run support all season, receiving a grand total of just seven runs in his six losses this season. Carl Everett, whose slugging skills were supposed to finally replace the bat of Mo Vaughn, was revealed to be little more than a whack job, whose off-the-field tantrums overshadowed his team-leading home run total. Perhaps the four teams that released Carl prior to his joining the Red Sox knew something we didn...

Author: By Brian E. Fallon, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Legends of the Fall: Tales from a Beleaguered Sox Fan | 9/28/2000 | See Source »

...people having getting together to have a good time no matter how grim their circumstances. That much is summed up in the words of one pioneering DJ carried in a video installation: "If there was negativity and fights breaking out at your party, that means your DJ was whack...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 'Hip-Hop Nation' Is Exhibit A for America's Latest Cultural Revolution | 9/22/2000 | See Source »

...string of luck for me," Giordano said. "[The cancellations have] thrown my whole schedule out of whack, and that's kind of annoying...

Author: By Juliet J. Chung, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Popular Lit and Arts Classes Cancelled | 9/20/2000 | See Source »

...that affects 6 million Americans. RSD starts with a minor injury to an arm or leg--say, a twisted ankle or a bruise--but quickly blossoms into a strange syndrome in which the sympathetic nerves (the ones responsible for temperature control, sweating and blood flow) go so out of whack that blowing air across the skin is enough to trigger burning pain. The injured extremity and surrounding tissue can become discolored and, eventually, immobile. Now researchers report two experimental treatments. In one, doctors restore motor activity to the limb with medication continuously delivered through a pump placed under the skin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Your Health: Sep. 11, 2000 | 9/11/2000 | See Source »

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