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Word: couchful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...captains sat the top three [candidates] down on the couch. Bill Wolff then said 'Greg Beber, please stand! For [harassing the upperclassmen], you are...NOT Shmen of the Year...

Author: By Adam J. Epstein, | Title: Branca Nabs Shmen "Honors" | 10/30/1986 | See Source »

Branca continued: "Then Bill said 'Nick Branca, please stand!' I was really happy because I thought that meant I had not won. I was jumping around saying 'Kyle [Enright, the third freshman on the couch], it's you! It's you!' Then Bill said 'Nick, for shooting vodka through your nose, for saying 'I'm not a 'shmen' when you obviously are, for making me miss the baseball game, you are...' I screamed 'NOT', but he said 'ARE' Shmen of the Year...

Author: By Adam J. Epstein, | Title: Branca Nabs Shmen "Honors" | 10/30/1986 | See Source »

...bastard son of Network by way of Brazil, the Headroom movie posits a futuristic Britain addicted to television. The evil Network 23 has invented Blipverts, super-effective commercials that have an unfortunate tendency to make couch potatoes explode. Unfortunately for Network 23's plans, their top-rated investigative reporter--played by Matt Frewer, the flesh behind the Headroom fantasy--is trying to uncover the story...

Author: By Cyrus M. Sanai, | Title: Of Max Headroom and Kurosawa | 10/25/1986 | See Source »

...were just about to go out, the doorbell rang, and Dr. Obukhov appeared again with his crowd of eight followers. There was something almost playful in his voice when he said, "Well, Andrei Dmitrievich, we're back for you." When I pictured them throwing Andrei down on the couch and giving him an injection again, I couldn't stand it. I said to him, "Andryushenka, just...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: At War with the KGB | 10/13/1986 | See Source »

Conroy tempts fate and the limits of his talent when he plays at being William Styron, John Irving and perhaps even Mark Twain, if Dr. Lowenstein's couch is considered as a raft on which Jew and Gentile drift toward enlightenment. There is also a reckless blend of Bobbsey Twins adventure and revenge fantasies usually associated with drive-in-movie horror festivals. Would you believe that after Lila, Savannah and Tom are raped by three escaped convicts, the family's pet Bengal tiger bursts in and rips the criminals into small pieces? Would you believe that no one finds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The World According to Wingo the Prince of Tides | 10/13/1986 | See Source »

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