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Word: chalks (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...actually attempted to beat the Palestinian woman with the butt of his rifle, he would have decapitated himself. Perhaps Larew found the inscription "Bullshit!" across the photo because it claimed to portray something that was not occuring in the picture. Though, I suppose it better suits his argument to chalk it up to Psych 1 "denial...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Defense of Israel Is No Vice | 12/2/1989 | See Source »

...bricklayer. For the first nine years of Christy's life, his siblings tended him as they would a houseplant: feed it, water it and keep it out of the way. Only his mother dared nurture him with her fierce, uncompromising love, and one day Christy stuck a piece of chalk in his left foot and made his mark on the floor: MOTHER...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: TRUE Grit | 11/6/1989 | See Source »

...Thames in preparation for the erection of a new nine-story complex. The archaeological team sent to the site knew the area had been the Elizabethan theater district, but no one expected to find vestiges of the Rose, which was built in 1587. The team stumbled onto chalk foundations, sloped mortar flooring and, most astonishingly, the base of the stage 6 ft. below the ground. From the debris, scientists have determined that the Rose was a small polygon-shaped theater, just 43 ft. in diameter, with plaster walls and a thatched roof. Viewers sat in tiered galleries or stood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: To Build or Not to Build | 5/29/1989 | See Source »

...Chalk another victory up for the schedule makers...

Author: By Michael Stankiewicz, | Title: Heavies Aiming For Penn in Adams Cup | 4/28/1989 | See Source »

...Back to 1904 and the American League. Philadelphia's Rube Waddell led the league in strikeouts and became the first pitcher in the 20th century to chalk up two consecutive 300-plus strikeout seasons. His strikeout tally in 1904 was the most by any pitcher in a single season until Sandy Koufax fanned 382 batters in 1965. How many batters did Waddell strike...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: The 1989 Sports Cube Baseball Trivia Quiz | 3/22/1989 | See Source »

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