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Word: bum (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...definitely not a bum," adds Atau Tanaka '85. "Although he seems that way to people at first. Tanaka explains, "he's financially quite responsible, he's not freeloading off anyone, he's not begging...

Author: By John N. Tate, | Title: The Man Who Came to Dinner | 11/30/1983 | See Source »

...sturdy team just three years ago, Houston recalls the spark of its demolition as the 1980 firing of Country Coach Bum Phillips, whose fame, in the opinion of Owner Bud Adams, had become excessive. When the prairie was in fashion, Phillips was both Will Rogers and the Marlboro man come to life. On every other billboard in Houston, he recommended pointy-toed boots made out of everything from ostriches to anteaters to dead dogs in the road...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Bootlegs and Saddles | 11/7/1983 | See Source »

...director does create a few inspired and captivating images. The knights vie for Thaisa as hockey-masked, business-suited drag racers; the final act heightens Pericles' dejection by portraying him as a dirty bearded Howard Hughes bum in a box: a single swinging light on a black stage conjures a violent storm. And the opening, with narrator Brother Blue emerging from a turquoise pool of light and fog, works well. Simple scenes in the hands of Sellars can become striking: the discovery of Thaisa's coffin by villagers plays hauntingly, though many other poignant scenes fall flat. Background music takes...

Author: By Webster A. Stone, | Title: Beyond Interpretation | 10/21/1983 | See Source »

...racing frantically from the building to seek help. The toll of the blast, apparently caused by a bomb hidden in the mausoleum's ceiling: 19 killed and 48 injured. The dead included 16 leading South Korean officials, among them Deputy Prime Minister Suh Suk Joon, Foreign Minister Lee Bum Suk and two other Cabinet ministers, as well as three Burmese journalists...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Bomb Wreaks Havoc in Rangoon | 10/17/1983 | See Source »

...moments in sporting history." A Perth boy himself, Hawke appeared for the victory rites at the Royal Perth Yacht Club, sponsor of the winning boat. All but declaring a national holiday, the P.M. said that any employer who sacked a worker for being absent that day would be a "bum...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Our Cup Runneth Under | 10/10/1983 | See Source »

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