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Word: boxes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Perhaps the most innovative and unique aspect of the Macintosh is the "mouse," a small box with a button which controls the image on the screen...

Author: By Christopher J. Georges, | Title: The Apple of Everyone's Eye | 2/25/1984 | See Source »

...right wing Matt Baab and Crimson defenseman Randy Taylor got in a tussle at 5:54 of the second period, and Harvard scoring leader Martin joined them in the penalty box 1:19 later for interference. Martin stayed in the sin bin just nine seconds, as Yale quickly cashed in on its four-on-three advantage...

Author: By Mike Knobler, | Title: Icemen Score Practical Win By Tying Second-Place Yale | 2/21/1984 | See Source »

...while it displays spasms of finger-popping vigor, the movie never lives up to-or survives-those first few minutes. Partly this arises from the picture's design. Though it is being marketed with the now familiar multi-media blitz, Footloose means to imitate Flashdance only in its box-office success. Ross and Screenwriter-Songwriter Dean Pitchford have set their sights much higher. The basic plot-Rebel Without a Cause crossed with the old Mickey Rooney-Judy Garland musicals in which somebody always shouted, "Hey, kids, let's put the show on right here!"-is buttressed with motifs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Revel Without a Cause | 2/20/1984 | See Source »

...commands the audience like a lion tamer with a whip snap in her walk; and, by the forces of magnetism and sheer will, she eats co-stars for breakfast. Thus it is partly noblesse oblige and partly the instinct for survival that keeps Liza Minnelli (Angel), the bigger box-office attraction, out of Chita's way. Minnelli steps to center stage only to belt out three or four of Kander and Ebb's snazzier songs, while the rest of The Rink skates along on the momentum of uninspired professionalism. But Chita Rivera's high-voltage presence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: A Coney Island of the Mind | 2/20/1984 | See Source »

With N.U.'s Craig Frank still in the box, the B.U. icemen roared back to regain the lead just 16 seconds later following a Kevin Mutch deflection of a shot by Scott Shaunessy...

Author: By James D. Solomon, | Title: B.C. Downs Icemen, 5-3; Huskies Take Beanpot | 2/14/1984 | See Source »

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