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Word: bucket (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...tossing clumps of mashed potatoes at one another, rummaging through huge pizzas and plunging down a sundae slide into a vat of whipped cream. Underage comics on You Can't Do That on Television assault one another with gag lines rather than food, but get drenched with a bucket of green slime every time they utter the phrase "I don't know." The action on Kids' Court is only slightly more decorous. On one show a youngster stood accused of taking his brother's water pistol and hiding it in the oven, where it melted. To help re-create...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: Letting Kids Just Be Kids Nickelodeon | 12/26/1988 | See Source »

...huddled over a fire in a small bucket, their only source of warmth during five nights spent on a pile of rubble because there were not enough tents, a television announcer said. Snow and temperatures of 14 to 23 degrees Fahrenheit were forecast...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Search for Quake Victims Continues | 12/13/1988 | See Source »

...flesh that had splattered the leather upholstery. The sight was shattering. The red roses given to Jackie were still in the car -- crushed, broken. The young man in his neat dark suit, sleeves pushed up, swabbed the seats. They glistened in their miserable wetness. Beside the car was a bucket with brownish red water. If any doubt remained about this calamity, it was swept away in one glance at that bucket. So simple, so hideous...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Assassination | 11/28/1988 | See Source »

According to Person, librarians reacted quicklyto the disaster, forming a "bucket brigade" tomove books from the top stacks to tables in theLangdell Reading Room. They spent the afternoon"interleaving" the books with paper towels andmoving them to a climate-controlled room to dryout, Warrington said...

Author: By Tommy J. Wang, | Title: Treasured Books Damaged | 11/3/1988 | See Source »

Senior forward Sharon Hayes sparked the Crimson comeback, scoring 12 points over the 10-minute stretch. Hayes netted key back-to-back baskets to cut the margin to eight, and fired in the go-ahead bucket following a missed Crimson free throw...

Author: By Jennifer M. Frey, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Women Cagers Shock Green, 72-67; Crimson Nabs Ivy League Opener | 11/1/1988 | See Source »

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