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Word: bitted (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...going wild and murdering the staff. The show also managed to write one of its regular characters out of the series in possibly the screwiest manner in TV history. After being possessed by the devil, the fellow was transformed into a little boy and returned to his mother. A bit inconvenient for the family, perhaps, but in TV's world of horror, there are worse ways...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: Invasion of The Wild Things | 11/6/1989 | See Source »

Californians are starting to calculate their risks a bit differently. Rene and Tony Donaldson live near Stanford University. Their $425,000 home escaped major damage in the Pretty Big One, though the tremors did smash their collection of American Indian pottery. "Now I know why California Indians didn't have a pottery tradition," Rene says with the deadpan cool of a real Californian. "In the future we'll collect baskets instead." But the Donaldsons are also looking into quake insurance, which they turned down when they bought their house four years ago. And while they are still determined to stand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is California Worth the Risk? | 11/6/1989 | See Source »

...your yuppie BMW back up. I know you're every bit as patriotic as I am. And like you, I believe in free trade: you should buy whatever damn car you please. (And, yes, I know your Japanese car may have been built here, and that your Miata, built over there, is part American because Ford owns 25% of Mazda...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Money: Angles Why I Voted for a Used Car | 11/6/1989 | See Source »

...surprised and a little bit insulted," said Lily S. Khadjavi '90, a member of the Bisexual, Gay and Lesbian Students Association...

Author: By Philip M. Rubin, | Title: Activist Groups to Hold Anti-ROTC Meeting | 11/3/1989 | See Source »

...that is quite a different matter. Because music, particularly rock'n roll, is meant to be listened to on records. It's meant to have that slightly distorted sound that you get when there's a bit of lint on the needle. It's meant to sound scratchy when you're listening to that Pink Floyd album you last played when you were stoned and accidentally dropped on the floor in trying to flip it over. (If you couldn't have experiences like this, what would be the point in getting stoned and making spastic attempts to function normally...

Author: By Elizabeth L. Wurtzel, | Title: Longing For L.P.'s | 11/1/1989 | See Source »

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