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Word: blindfolds (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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When asked about his lack of experience in office, Jackson says, "I've dealt with more world leaders than any of the candidates, and I met them when they were living ((a dig at Bush's errands to funerals of foreign dignitaries)). Take all the Democratic candidates, blindfold us, drop us anywhere in the world with a dollar in our pockets, and who do you think would lead the others...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Making History with Silo Sam | 3/21/1988 | See Source »

...Glass recounted the story later, the first challenge was to shed his chains. Glass, 36, found that when he made a fist, he could wriggle out of the wrist binding, but the leg chain was trickier. With pieces of thread shredded from his blindfold, Glass bound links of the chain together, and over a period of days fooled his guards into loosening the tether. On the first night that he could pull free, Glass waited until he could hear the snores of his guards. Loosening the chains, he slipped onto the balcony of the high-rise building where...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lebanon Escape from Beirut | 8/31/1987 | See Source »

...Harvard Administration. The next time they are smitten with the urge to confer freedom of speech on Pretoria's spokesmen, they should: (a) not publicize the event, (b) restrict entry only to members of the Conservative Club who can give out the correct password, (c) gag, bind and blindfold members of the audience before entry, (d) have a water cannon handy, just in case, (e) cordon off the campus to outside agitators (and Channel 7), (f) hold the event in Dean Archie Epps' office...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Modest Proposal | 3/27/1987 | See Source »

When the car stopped in a southern suburb, Hirst, who had succeeded in removing the blindfold, forced the door open and escaped. "When I ran away, they did not shoot," he marveled. Hirst, who then grabbed a taxi back to town, says he has not decided whether to stay in Beirut...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lebanon: The One That Got Away | 10/6/1986 | See Source »

...blindfold, light the cigarette and ask for that last request. Jeff Bloom, Tufts' pitching ace who doesn't miss very often, is taking aim in today's game against the Maine school...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Tufts Hurler Blooms | 4/25/1986 | See Source »

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