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Word: crouching (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Beside the intrepid, naked reporter crouches another man. A big man. A man with the taut flanks and self-assured ease of a man who could only be lax team captain Buddy Bixford. The men crouch, together in the alleyway. There is silence...

Author: By Albert Yoon, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: Lacrosse Finds Object; Interrupts Team Practice | 11/21/1987 | See Source »

When the whistle blew to end the game, Wheaton slumped into a crouch--his action perfectly reflecting the mood of the team. "It's a very big disappointment," Barry said. "But at least we didn't give up three goals...

Author: By Colin F. Boyle, | Title: Women Booters Stymied; Battle Green to 0-0 Tie | 10/17/1987 | See Source »

...week as Bush labored to free himself from one of Iranscam's many tentacles. With his presidential prospects damaged by the broader scandal, Bush had to plead ignorance of what two of his assistants were doing and at the same time deny they had done anything improper. A defensive crouch is a disabling posture...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In a Defensive Crouch | 12/29/1986 | See Source »

Washington is in its full Watergate crouch. This time it took about two minutes following the Iran-contra money-deal revelation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: Not Since John Dean Testified . . . | 12/8/1986 | See Source »

Soon after Pat Robertson's station went on the air in 1961, he hired Jim and Tammy Bakker, who were working the revival circuit, to run a children's show. Bakker later devised and helped host what became The 700 Club. Eventually Bakker left Robertson and helped Paul Crouch launch the Trinity network, then moved to Charlotte in 1974 and became the head of the PTL network. Bakker thus had a hand in developing the three original Christian networks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Power, Glory - and Politics | 2/17/1986 | See Source »

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