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Word: bent (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Jackson knew exactly what he would do. The Husband would be searching the woods for an errant tee shot, and Bogart Jackson would play away. Bogart Jackson would use his three-iron and peg the ball low and hard, curling it into the woods where the Husband would be bent over. Perhaps if the three-iron were perfectly aimed...

Author: By Laurence S. Grafstein, | Title: From Tee to Green: A Christmas Tale | 12/9/1981 | See Source »

...Yard, trees snapped in front of University Hall and by Wadsworth House; several others were bent over double under the weight of the wet snow...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Blizzard Lashes Bay State | 12/7/1981 | See Source »

...president of a minority executive-search firm, I have much to lose if someone with the conservative bent of William Bell becomes head of the EEOC [Nov. 16]. However, Mr. Bell should be judged on his capacity to do the job, not on such factors as whether his firm's number is listed in the phone directory...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Dec. 7, 1981 | 12/7/1981 | See Source »

...block the stationing, primarily in West Germany, of new NATO nuclear missiles. Compounding the problem was Reagan himself, whose harsh, tough talk to the Kremlin has frightened U.S. supporters abroad and given force to neutralists' arguments that the President is a shoot-from-the-hip zealot, hell-bent on provoking nuclear...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Starting from Zero | 11/30/1981 | See Source »

Katharine Hepburn is one of the few actresses in America who seem born to the blood royal. When she steps on a stage, she rules by divine right. The theater becomes a throne room, the playgoer a loyal subject. Her imperious gaze, manner and gestures command the bent knee and the silent gasp...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Divine Right | 11/30/1981 | See Source »

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