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Word: coate (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...uxoriousness. Marching in a chilly St. Patrick's Day parade in Chicago last month, Kitty asked him to push up her collar against % the wind. Dukakis, who forgot that he was wearing a microphone that allowed the press to hear his comments, whispered to her as he adjusted her coat, "Tonight if I'm asleep, wake me up. Don't let a moment go by." (Kitty cut in with a sharp, "Your microphone's on.") Sometimes, to counteract criticism that he lacks fire, Dukakis will tell audiences, "Kitty thinks I'm passionate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kitty Provides the Passion | 5/2/1988 | See Source »

Much of the character, and indeed the strength, of Sultan's paintings lies in their odd, slightly fetishistic technique. He works on square plywood panels, faced with Masonite and then covered with ordinary vinyl tiles. Over these goes a thick coat of black glop -- industrial butyl rubber, used by roofers. Once this tarry skin is dry, Sultan cuts and blowtorches his design into it, filling in white patches with plaster and enriching the whole with color. The seams of the tiles and panels impose a grid on the image, a ghost memory of the minimalist grids that pervaded American...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Toward A Mummified Sublime | 5/2/1988 | See Source »

THERE'S an old Monty Python sketch in which a man meets a policeman in a park and tells him his overcoat has been stolen, but he didn't see who took it. Both men realize there's little hope of ever finding the coat, and they stand around for a few seconds in silent resignation. Finally, one asks the other, "Do you want to go over to my place, then?" The other responds affirmatively, and both leave. End of sketch...

Author: By Gary L. Susman, | Title: Storm and Drag | 4/29/1988 | See Source »

Freud was an unimposing man, 5 ft. 7 in. tall and nearly always dressed in conservative coat and tie. He did, however, have a penetrating stare, and an English analyst who visited him after World War I noted the "forward thrust of his head and critical exploring gaze of his keenly piercing eyes." There was the neatly trimmed beard and the ever present cigar. He was addicted. Writing to his fiancee in the early 1880s, Freud the lover justified his tobacco habit with the romantic observation that "smoking is indispensable if one has nothing to kiss." Elsewhere, in a professional...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: A Piece of the True Couch FREUD: A LIFE FOR OUR TIME | 4/18/1988 | See Source »

Kramer (15 goals, four assists) will be called upon to work his scoring magic again Saturday when the Crimson laxmen host Adelphi at 1 p.m. Admission is free, but bring ski coat, wool hat, a couple of blankets and some sticks to throw on the bonfire at Ohiri Field...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: Crimson Set to Boot Panthers | 4/14/1988 | See Source »

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