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Word: brows (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...between gourmet lunches, concerts and high-brow convocations September 4-7, alumni will pick and choose from a virtual course catalogue of educational seminars designed to reflect current scholarship in most academic fields...

Author: By Maia E. Harris, | Title: 350th Celebration Offers Symposia, Glitz | 7/29/1986 | See Source »

...stared at the window, tapping her heel impatiently as the train came to a stop in between stations. The boy kept jabbing his friend just above his Jams shorts and the elderly man nodded off to sleep. A baby started crying and its mother wiped the perspiration from its brow. Through the thick air, the conductor announced, "We ah experiencing a delay. Sorry for the inconvenience. A train should be along soon to push us to Kendall...

Author: By Shari Rudavsky, | Title: A Day on The Red Line | 7/25/1986 | See Source »

...Domenici, a third-term New Mexico Republican, is about as homespun as they come. While many of his smooth, well-tailored colleagues are chauffeured to the Capitol, the rumpled Domenici, 53, can sometimes be spotted commuting on Washington's metro, a loose tie draped from his neck, his furrowed brow giving him a look of perpetual worry befitting a hardworking father of eight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pete's Big Hit: Domenici bangs out a budget | 5/12/1986 | See Source »

...took him in too. So now I have Patches and Jangles. Meanwhile, my darling son Benjamin here brings home this kitten, Lucky. Lucky because he has a home. And I told Benjamin, 'You're going to be unlucky because I'm going to kick youse out.' " She wipes her brow with a dishrag. "Your turn, Benjamin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Christmas Story | 12/30/1985 | See Source »

...dancing partner reached up and placed the back of her hand on her forehead. "Is she mopping her brow?" he mused. "Or are the lights hurting her eyes?" Naive fool: the hand upraised and the posture of rehearsed fatigue were simply the latest dance-floor craze...

Author: By Preston W. Brooks and Michael C.D. Okwu, S | Title: Art and Dance in New York | 11/14/1985 | See Source »

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