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Word: clock (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...contrast, one would be hard pressed to find such images in even the most violent of Saturday morning cartoons. Teaching kids to be sociable is our era's priority: It is seven o'clock in the morning, and a nation of restless children sits spellbound before the TV image of an enormous yellow muppet. Watching "Sesame Street", they will learn how to cooperate, how not to hurt others' feelings, how to get along with people who are different from themselves. In the wake of the advances in public health and medicine, fellow classmates, more than the spectre of death, confront...

Author: By Jeff J. Wise, | Title: Not Taking Chances | 12/17/1985 | See Source »

...Sunday, Jan. 26, promises to be another marathon day of TV viewing. But NBC has come up with a new gimmick to ease the strain. Halfway through the pregame show, at around 4 p.m. E.S.T., the network's analysts will lapse into unaccustomed silence for one minute. As a clock onscreen ticks off the seconds, viewers will be able to race to the refrigerator or bathroom without missing any of the action -- or the commercials...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: Moment of Silence | 12/16/1985 | See Source »

With Harvard ahead 54-52 and one second showing on the clock, the Maroons' Michelle Bufa stepped up to the charity stripe, the victim of an Anna Collins foul...

Author: By Geoffrey Simon, | Title: Women Cagers Nip Springfield, 54-53 | 12/13/1985 | See Source »

...with just two seconds left on the clock, he began to swing around behind his opponent. At the buzzer Beck had the takedown...

Author: By C.j. Georges, | Title: Talented Springfield Topples Grapplers | 12/12/1985 | See Source »

After an unsuccessful offensive trip down the floor, the hosts fouled sophomore center Nancy Cibotti (eight points, four rebounds) with 28 seconds on the clock...

Author: By Geoffrey Simon, | Title: Women Cagers Tip Columbia, 61-57; Keffer, Collins Lead Crimson Charge | 12/11/1985 | See Source »

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