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Word: beneath (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...latter is urged into a rapid trot through the streets of the city, and every step gives the cord a violent jerk, which makes the body of the condemned wretch bound on the pavement . . . Then his head is placed upon a stone, and the elephant executioner crushes it beneath his enormous foot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Death Penalty :Revenge Is the Mother of Invention | 1/24/1983 | See Source »

...opposition party members. In Andhra Pradesh, they were routed by followers of a new political party, founded last March by one of India's top movie stars, N.T. Rama Rao, 60. N.T.R., as he is known, campaigned from the back of a renovated 40-year-old Chevrolet, and beneath giant copies of his old movie posters, in favor of greater local autonomy. Never attacking Mrs. Gandhi by name, N.T.R. delivered a simple message: "India's leaders in their pursuit of power and personal gain have reduced the people to penury." Countered Mrs. Gandhi: "I like drama...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: India: Local Theater | 1/17/1983 | See Source »

...around the noodle table. He almost always wears the same outfit, a double-breasted check suit flapping open without a tie, and a green hat. He is a boor, and he treats his long-suffering family like servants. But the Japanese, who know all about pearl fishing, believe that beneath that crusty shell is a treasure of kindness and concern...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Sequel Mania: XXX Going on L | 1/17/1983 | See Source »

...Bell commercial method of reaching and touching by phone. Waves of passion rise between the two sisters like water spuming against a coastal reef, then subside in daughterly grief before the great silence: death. Suzanne Bertish's Jean is subcutaneously sensitive, and we feel the sand beneath her skin, the abrasion and desperation of living a life ill lost for either love or duty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: The Redcoats Keep Coming | 1/17/1983 | See Source »

...ball handling and scoring efforts of B.C. freshman Rita Roach continued to perplex the Crimson defense. She dribbled through the press, and often found her team mates right beneath the basket. She also tallied 12 points...

Author: By Carla D. Williams, | Title: Hoopsters Clawed by Eagles, 55-50, Despite Gallant Second-Half Rally | 1/12/1983 | See Source »

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