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Word: beame (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Since Cathy Rigby stepped down from the balance beam after the 1972 Olympics, the former gymnast has done some commercials, a little sports commentary. Now Rigby, 33, who studied singing and acting for years, is unveiling a song-and-dance act she has worked out with Husband Tom McCoy, 29. Showcased at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel before an enthusiastic Los Angeles audience, the $100,000, 40-minute production includes seven costume changes and features Rigby's good-natured takeoffs on Tina Turner, Cyndi Lauper, Patti LaBelle and Debby Boone. Rigby finds shaking a leg more enjoyable than doing flips. "With...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: May 12, 1986 | 5/12/1986 | See Source »

Technical research is focusing on developmentof an array of potential systems including lasers,satellite "eyes," infrared detectors, and a"neutral particle beam weapon" which fires streamsof hydrogen atoms through space, he said...

Author: By Kenneth A. Gerber, | Title: `Star Wars' Termed Possible in 1990s | 5/9/1986 | See Source »

...prowl the rooftops as DD) became a real character, a pathological vigilante with a conscience. Miller was questioning the superhero, the great convention of the comic book form: the citizen, gifted by fate, who selflessly puts on longjohns to fight evil. At least the villains use their laser-beam eyes for material gain--what do the heroes...

Author: By Peter D. Sagal, | Title: A Bat Out of Hell | 4/30/1986 | See Source »

...from target, with the plane at an attack altitude of less than 500 ft. and streaking along at 600 m.p.h., the whizzo sees an infrared image of his quarry on his screen and directs a pencil-thin laser beam toward it. This step, called target designation, or painting, supplies the plane's computer with the exact range to the target...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Lethal Video Game | 4/28/1986 | See Source »

Richard Black, area coordinator for ultra-conservative former Presidential candidate Lyndon LaRouche, joined the panelists. He said the United States should invest $40 billion in laser beam technology...

Author: By Martha A. Bridegam, | Title: Eighth District Hopefuls Lively But Not Dapper | 4/4/1986 | See Source »

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