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Word: birdbaths (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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When the Olympic birdbath was finally lighted, there were still a few birds in it, the laziest of the doves just released. A couple may have been fricasseed. The risk that attends glory, especially the danger to peace, was already a backdrop of the Games and a theme of the entertainment. Alternately across the infield, children spun pinwheels or broke boards with their feet. Devil masks were brandished in a pantomime of chaos. Like East and West, or North and South, yin slammed yang in a breathtaking display of ropework and philosophy. But the exquisite counterpoint to all the violent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Olympics Special Section: Fantastic Flight of Fancy | 9/26/1988 | See Source »

...dishes they bought in pursuit of video independence may turn out to be duds. Says Vincent Morgan, 41, who has a dish in the backyard of his south Los Angeles home: "When the skies go black, a lot of people are going to end up with a very expensive birdbath...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: Captain Midnight's Sneak Attack | 5/12/1986 | See Source »

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