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Word: boas (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...applause and, to the surprise of everyone, a bold, well-prepared rejoinder from the First Lady. As a garment rack was dramatically wheeled out from the wings, Nancy strode onstage-in a veritable riot of pantaloons, yellow rubber boots, an aqua skirt with red and yellow flowers, a feathered boa and a floppy feathered hat. Only the third First Lady to tread the Gridiron boards, but the very first to sing-Betty Ford and Rosalynn Carter in years past had danced a few steps-Nancy gave the bandleader a confident nod, then in a clear and courageous voice delivered...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Apr. 12, 1982 | 4/12/1982 | See Source »

...island of Jersey in the English Channel, where a British group under the honorary directorship of Biologist-Author Gerald Durrell has been breeding everything from rare primates (lemurs and marmosets) to endangered birds (the brown-eared pheasant and thick-billed parrot) and reptiles (the red-footed tortoise and Jamaican boa...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Playing God, and Noah, at Zoos | 11/10/1980 | See Source »

...dream. Antonio Zavala, abruptly awakened in his Chicago apartment, was really seeing the head of a boa constrictor pointed menacingly toward his face. The rest of the snake, all 6 ft. of it, was being held by a teen-age acquaintance of Zavala's who hissed, "Give me your money." Zavala prudently handed over $6. The intruder, wreathed in the coils of his accomplice, fled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AMERICANA: Top Unsecret | 8/11/1980 | See Source »

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