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Word: buggered (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...past month, Metromedia Telecommunications, a division of the big television-and radio-station owner, has been blitzing the New York metropolitan area with an advertising campaign for its new rental beeper, fittingly named the Li'l Bugger. Suggests a newspaper ad: "Lose 'em, beep 'em-find 'em, keep 'em." The Li'l Bugger, which is powered by one A A 1.5-volt battery and has a range of 30 miles, rents for $39.95 a year with a $5-a-month broadcast fee and a 25? charge per call. Metromedia says it has been getting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why So Many Are Going Beep! | 4/11/1983 | See Source »

Even in this technology-driven business, there is big money to be made by companies that merely rent beepers and by the common carriers that transmit the signals. The Li'l Bugger, for instance, costs Metromedia $150, but will generate $600 in income from rentals and broadcast charges over its six-year life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why So Many Are Going Beep! | 4/11/1983 | See Source »

...biographies of Lyndon Johnson accuse him of both worldly corruption and spiritual hallucinations. Journalist Ronnie Bugger, for example, cites L.B.J.'s vivid conviction that he was talking regularly to the Holy Ghost-in person, like Joan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Watergate's Clearest Lesson | 6/14/1982 | See Source »

...fear, but victory is his adrenaline. One-on-one combat in the air is the last remnant of chivalry. He gets to Buckingham Palace to receive three decorations from the hand of King George V. His Majesty's first words: "Well, you have been a busy little bugger...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Sky-Struck | 8/4/1980 | See Source »

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