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Word: brained (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Then there was the ever present pilot fish, the press, always asking how it felt, what you thought. Crazy. How could you tell them? When asked, "Are you glad to be home?" how could you curb your tongue from blurting out as your brain wanted to: "Does Dolly Parton sleep on her back?" For four months, until the replacements came, you had been part of the multinational peace-keeping force in Lebanon, you and 4,000 other Marines and sailors. The Navy brought you back on five ships by way of Key West, where you were to have a fleetingly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: At Liberty but All Keyed Up | 7/4/1983 | See Source »

...finally made it to Harvard. Now, go get yourself a drink. With I.D. saying 20 in hand. Harvard Square offers many opportunities to part with some brain cells. The following are the 14 most notable locations at which you can do just that. Note that almost all the bars are open until 1 a.m. Sunday-Wednesday, and 2 a.m. Thursday-Saturday. But don't plan on gulping a drink just before closing, since last call can be up to a half hour earlier. Also, regardless of the size of the glass served, the majority of the establishments pour about...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Before the Drinks . . . After the Show | 7/1/1983 | See Source »

That there is no body attached to it, that it is, in fact, a brain kept alive in a bottle by a half-mad scientist, might strike some people as a little funny. It will strike vaster numbers of them as very funny - especially after Steve Martin pastes plastic lips on the bottle so he can kiss his beloved...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Head Trip | 6/20/1983 | See Source »

...Michael Hfuhruhurr (for a sample of this movie's longest-running gag, try pronouncing that name aloud) has been under a strain. A desperately randy brain surgeon ("I had the top of her head off, but that's as far as it went"), he marries one of his patients, only to discover that Dolores (well played by Kathleen Turner) is not as nice as she looks. After six weeks, she still refuses to consummate their union, although when someone has just undergone Hfuhruhurr's specialty, the cranial screw-top procedure, one tends to believe her when...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Head Trip | 6/20/1983 | See Source »

Lost in the Cosmos turns this brain-twisting topic into a sort of game show. Percy's questions span what he calls the deranged world from Descartes to "Dear Abby." The reader is provided multiple-choice answers. None are wrong, but some are more correct than others. Sample question: "If you are a shy person, is it better to accept your shyness, or to seek help from a psychotherapist?" Sample answers: "It is better to seek help from a psychotherapist because it is better not to suffer than to suffer ... It is better to read a book about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Aliens | 6/20/1983 | See Source »

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