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Word: bumper (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Salvadoran affairs. Appealing to a well-developed Salvadoran sense of nationalism, D'Aubuisson declares that "we prefer tortillas and beans and to eat them with dignity than gringo bread and to eat it with pain in our souls." ARENA bumper stickers issue a challenge: SURRENDER YOUR COUNTRY, NOT OURS...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: El Salvador: The Making of a President | 1/30/1984 | See Source »

...Nebraska-there is but one institution, and that is the State University, as in state of mind. Hundreds of miles from Lincoln, farmers who never went very far in school regard the University of Nebraska as their alma mater. In case you have not heard, it is a bumper harvest this year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Nebraska, Plainly | 12/5/1983 | See Source »

...Aram Nicholas (a loosely disguised Peter Bogdanovich, played by Roger Rees) her estranzed husband assaults her, blows her head off, and then turns the gun on himself. A fit subject for Hollywood style moralizing, but Fosse is not reminding us that all that glitters is not gold--the modern bumper sticker message that "Life sucks and then you die" seems more applicable...

Author: By Theodore P. Friend, | Title: Anatomy of an Anatomy | 11/19/1983 | See Source »

Restic employs standard "I" and "I" formations as well as more bizarre nobody-in-the-backfield configurations. As the bumper stickers say, "Harvard football is in motion," with players shifting all over the place before the snap. The epitome of it all is the quarterback-in-motion play, where the man behind the center stands up and jogs off towards the sideline before cutting upfield to receive a pass from the fullback, who takes the shotgun snap from the center...

Author: By Mike Knobler, | Title: The multiflex meets middle-age | 11/16/1983 | See Source »

...driver, listed in the report as George Teiveira, reported no injuries to anyone in the car. The front right bumper of the car, a Chevrolet from Thrifty Rent-a-Car, was damaged in the accident...

Author: By John N. Tate, | Title: Student Biker Fine After Being Struck By Car on Campus | 11/8/1983 | See Source »

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