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Word: caps (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...feather in our cap, something we've needed a long time,'" City Councilor Saundra Graham agreed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A New Policy Of Containment | 9/8/1980 | See Source »

Increased output from the goal scorers, couples with the usual defensive prowess and Ippolito's sparkling play should vault the stickwomen into the national rankings. An expanded playoff format will ease the way toward post season play, and cap a season next year's captains willwant to talk about...

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, | Title: Vets to Lead Stickwomen Toward Ivy Title Drive | 9/8/1980 | See Source »

...Beatles reached for the sky. The Rolling Stones aimed at the crotch, and the Who went for the throat. The Kinks, shaking their collective cap and bells, drew a bead on the funny bone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: New Wrinkles from the Kinks | 9/1/1980 | See Source »

...keep the guns charged, can cost about $25,000 a week. Even a week's stay at a modest inn costs more than $4,000. Then there is the required costume: "plus twos" (knickerbockers), heavy woolen socks, cleated gum boots, a Husky weatherproofed coat and a snug tweed cap. The sportsman also needs evening clothes and funds for the native libation. And the gun must have his guns, preferably a pair of 12-gauge double-barreled sidelock ejectors from London's Purdey James & Sons or Holland & Holland. A shotgun costs as much as $22,500; gunsmiths report waiting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Britain's Guns of August | 9/1/1980 | See Source »

...show, A Cure by Laughter, at the Old Moscow Circus already suspects what "doctor" from outer space is going to pop out of that tiny spaceship landing in the single ring, and their delight is tangible. Sure enough, what emerges is no astronaut, considering the oversize checkered cap perched on unruly shocks of blond hair, black velvet jacket, red scarf, clodhopper shoes and, of course, trademark potato nose. After 30 years with the circus, Oleg Popov, 49, is regarded as the king of clowns even beyond Soviet borders. How long did it take to dream up the medical mayhem...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Jun. 23, 1980 | 6/23/1980 | See Source »

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