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Word: caps (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Cap," Reagan said, "Can you turn your head a little? The light is hitting your nose badly." Haig obliged; the president doodled...

Author: By Burton F. Jablin, | Title: Wednesday at the White House | 9/28/1981 | See Source »

...Thanks, Cap," Reagan said...

Author: By Burton F. Jablin, | Title: Wednesday at the White House | 9/28/1981 | See Source »

...also a promising win. Promising because when the offense couldn't get the ball in the end zone, sophomore Jim Villanueva was there to cap long drives with field goals of 40 and 29 yards (he later added one of 28) to put points on the board. Promising because linebacker Joe Azelby and split end Dirk Killen proved Harvard's depth, by subbing superbly for injured starters Brad Stinn and Paul Scheper...

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Gridders Walk All Over Columbia, 23-6 | 9/21/1981 | See Source »

...maintained a life-long passion for the home team, the New York Yankees. His passion for Joe DiMaggio and those who followed him in pinstripes has not cooled, despite the distinctly hostile surroundings he has lived in for 14 years. Gould has even been known to wear his Yankee cap to lectures, a move many regard as an outrageous provocation in this, the heart of Red Sox country...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: Sitting Pretty--But Not Sitting | 9/14/1981 | See Source »

...salaries of senior bureaucrats are tied by law to congressional paychecks, and lately the lawmakers have been voting down their own pay hikes to avoid offending constituents. Federal judges have been able to avoid the pay cap, but only through a legal technicality. Salaries for U.S. district court judges, for example, have risen from $54,500 to $67,100 since the ceiling was imposed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Federal Pay Jam | 9/7/1981 | See Source »

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