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Word: ating (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Four people probably giggled themselves to death. Four overweight probably got high and ate themselves to death. And two newlywed couples probably made love too much and fucked themselves to death," said Leary, a 67-year-old grandfather. CORNELL...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CLASS CUTS | 11/7/1987 | See Source »

...even in 1929. Prices went down, down, down, swiftly wiping out an entire year's spectacular gains. "I just can't believe that this is happening," moaned one trader, as he took nonstop sell orders at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette. At lunchtime, brokers across the U.S. went hungry or ate sandwiches at their desks while trying to keep phone receivers pressed to both ears. "This is going to make '29 look like a kiddie party," shouted a trader on the Los Angeles floor of the Pacific Stock Exchange...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Crash: Panic Grips The Globe | 11/2/1987 | See Source »

...dark night in the Florida Everglades four years ago, a Seminole Indian chief named James Billie shot a large wild cat, then ate the meat and kept the hide. He would have been better off if his aim had been bad. State and federal authorities said the cat was a Florida panther, protected under endangered- species laws. Since then Billie has been fighting to stay out of jail, claiming he was unaware he had shot a rare animal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Everglades: Happy Hunting, Chief | 10/19/1987 | See Source »

...nine-hour movie. Like Roots." Roots with raunch. As he says in the book: "I like to play music, softball, twenty questions, chess, croquet, house, and around." In the vocabulary of a courtly hipster, he records his struggles with concupiscence ("Her temptation was awaiting my default and ate at my ethics like an itch"), though he does admit that one night he declined an invitation to visit the hotel room of an amorous Little Richard. Chapters are devoted to each of Berry's three jail terms (for armed robbery as a teenager, for a Mann Act violation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Chuck Berry: Still Reelin', Still Rockin' | 10/19/1987 | See Source »

After she spent the entire afternoon clanking the cowbell and yelling at the referees, grandma would then have a couple of my uncle's teammates over for dinner. Of course, I always joined them. As they ate, they would talk about football and ask me questions about the game. Incredible...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: Longing for the Cowbell Ring | 10/15/1987 | See Source »

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