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Word: curiously (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...there has been a curious hesitancy about Dole's campaign, raising questions about his managerial skills and decisiveness. A bumbling organizational effort in the 1980 race doomed his run for the nomination before it got off the ground, and this time too he has been slow to establish the kind of political operation that could consolidate his current popularity. He has yet to unveil a timetable for resigning as Senate leader to commit himself full time to the trail or decide what role John Sears, a respected Republican political pro detested by the extreme right, will play in his campaign...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign Portrait, Bob Dole:Survivor On the Track | 3/23/1987 | See Source »

...flash of light, a loud noise, and a curious smell later, Dewitt found himself basking in the unearthly glow of Children of a Lesser God (Copley Place). William Hurt plays a sensitive teacher of deaf children who falls for the lovely yet defiant Marlee Martin. Filmed in the Maritime provinces of Canada, Children has a warm, picturesque look to it that goes perfectly with the touching tale of love's triumph over painful skin conditions--sorry, I mean deafness...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Dewitt | 3/12/1987 | See Source »

Along a railroad track in a ravine in Canyoncito, N. Mex., just north of the Lamy train station, there have been occasional sightings of curious apparitions. On this gloomy Sunday, passengers on the Southwest Chief have & been warned to keep their eyes open. Their train will be passing through Canyoncito between 2 and 3 in the afternoon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In New Mexico: Visions Along the Amtrak Line | 3/2/1987 | See Source »

Vicki and Sherie are in the process of transforming themselves into the "curious apparitions" that passengers on the Southwest Chief have been warned about. The performance that is about to begin is part of a project called "Apparitions and Amtrak," funded in part by a grant from the New Mexico Arts Division and the National Endowment for the Arts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In New Mexico: Visions Along the Amtrak Line | 3/2/1987 | See Source »

ESPECIALLY GOOD are two segments in the first half of the show. "Winter Wonderland" gives a quick bittersweet run through of all sorts of wintry wonders--Christmas dinner, snow-bound carts, snow angels, iceball fights, and the spectacle of two curious kids accidentally knocking over their Christmas tree...

Author: By Abigail M. Mcganney, | Title: The 'Moving Theatre' of Beau Jest | 2/28/1987 | See Source »

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