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Word: catches (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...interstate that plunges through the homesteads . . ." Threatened by land development and automated meat production, folks less durable than cowpunchers would have ridden into the sunset long ago. Yet they hang on, as evidenced by Vanishing Breed (New York Graphic Society; 144 pages; $29.95). More than 100 evocative photographs catch ranch hands and horses in landscapes where the Old West and the new one jostle for position: an AM-FM portable rests on a chuck wagon; pickup trucks wait outside wilderness taverns; mud-and blood-spattered rodeo riders hanker after Stetsoned girls who put Vaseline on their teeth to enhance their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Under $35 | 12/13/1982 | See Source »

When the system works and they catch the thieves, the Hansens give poachers a couple of options, in the spirit of the season: "We can either take them to court, or they can pay the price of the tree," says Mrs. Hansen. "The price goes up to $50 a tree after dark," she adds with a smile...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 25 Miles North of Filene's | 12/8/1982 | See Source »

...sits in costume ringing a bell while early holiday shoppers walk by. Doing this is fun, though it's bit cold," he says. "But this is something people should do at least once." He notes, however, that there are some restrictions Santas have to abide by. "I tried to catch a smoke on my break, but parents would look at me, so I stopped...

Author: By John D. Solomon, | Title: Life Behind the Beard | 12/8/1982 | See Source »

Professor of Government Jorge I. Dominguez walks for a different reason. "I have never liked sports, and I don't like them now. My only sport is walking, and I only do that when I need to catch...

Author: By Deborah K. Holmes, | Title: Sound Minds and Sound Bodies | 12/2/1982 | See Source »

...Dwayne Jones, freshman Chris Albridge, and sophomore Jim Herberich swept the 600. However, the thinclads did not do so well in the 500. Captain Scott Murrer and sophomore Steve Ezegi-Okoye got off to a slow start and despite a strong push at the end, neither of them could catch B.C. Captains Fred Kirk...

Author: By Becky Hartman, | Title: Thinclads Thrash B.C., 84-52; Quintero Qualifies for IC4As | 12/1/1982 | See Source »

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