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Word: boyfriend (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...handgun accidentally fires it on his four-year-old son, or a six-year-old girl thinks the weapon is a toy and ends up killing her two-year-old brother and becoming permanently scarred by the experience. Too often, when a handgun is in the vicinity, a jilted boyfriend takes his frustration out on his ex-girlfriend, or on himself...

Author: By Andrew J. Bates, | Title: The Case Rowan Forgot to Make | 6/26/1988 | See Source »

Dunne tries to dazzle with expensive brand names and superficial sociology. He deals in story threads, not plot lines. One is about revenging the murder of a young woman reminiscent of Dunne's own daughter, Actress Dominique Dunne, who was killed by her former boyfriend in 1982. A new low in exploitation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Bookends People Like Us | 6/13/1988 | See Source »

...learn!" scolds the redhead. Silence. Then a few whispers in Zulu. "Heee, heee, haaa, haaa!" sings the teacher. More giggles. When class is finally dismissed, the kids clatter up a narrow staircase, whistling and ululating. The doors are plastered with bumper stickers: KIDS ZONE, BABYLAND BLVD, I LOVE MY BOYFRIEND...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In New York: Children of Apartheid Meet Broadway | 6/13/1988 | See Source »

When first established, the co-op was considered on-campus housing. Officially, only men were allowed to live there, although at least one woman would climb the fire escape every night to visit her boyfriend. In keeping with the policy of the rest of the college, coats and ties were required at dinner. "We kept a rack of tattered coats and ties by the door," said Jonathan G. Dickinson '65-'67, "and people would just fling on a coat and [loop on] a tie on their way to dinner...

Author: By A. LOUISE Oliver, | Title: A Harvard Reunion, Co-Op Style | 6/6/1988 | See Source »

Some day, you won't wince when hearing the first name of your old boyfriend or girlfriend. Eventually, you'll forget the last miserable night alone and remember the first magical day together. In the meantime, good luck...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Guide to Breaking Up | 5/9/1988 | See Source »

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