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Word: curls (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...matter: the movie had a high awww-Q. Audiences rushed to indulge its inanities and curl into its warmth, to google like proud relatives when the infant appears at a construction site in a pink hard hat, or when Selleck tries, too manfully, to diaper his fidgety bundle for the first time. There is nothing sinister about the success of a bad picture that makes people feel good. Imagine: people want to enjoy themselves at the movies. Sometimes they can convince themselves they had a fine time even at an inferior show. It guarantees they get their money's worth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The Return of Comedy as King | 1/11/1988 | See Source »

Barringer has found an excellent battery-mate in quarterback Tom Yohe. Yohe--who now holds or shares every single-season record for Harvard quarterbacks--and Barringer often hook up on sideline curl patterns, when Barringer runs 15 yards up the field, fades towards the sideline and then curls into Yohe's pass...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: Not Big or Fast, But Crafty | 11/19/1987 | See Source »

...whatever parties you think will be fun, dress up as the person you want to become, or curl up alone in a dark room with a good book--anything by Poe, Lovecraft or King is highly reccomended--but whatever you do, stay true to the grand old holiday of Hallowe'en by having as much fun as you possibly...

Author: By John J. Murphy, | Title: Of Witches, Warlocks and All Hallow's Eve | 10/30/1987 | See Source »

Receivers: Neil Phillips runs fly patterns and makes diving touchdown catches. Tight end Kent Lucas rambles across the middle and snares balls out of mid air. Brian Barringer could run his 12-yd. curl-in patterns blindfolded in a blizzard...

Author: By Jonathan Putnam, | Title: The Gridders' Report Card | 10/22/1987 | See Source »

Perhaps the remedy is for all the contenders to curl up for a quiet night with the Constitution. Some years ago, Supreme Court Justice Robert Jackson put it well. "While the Constitution diffuses power the better to secure liberty," he wrote, "it also contemplates that the practice will integrate the dispersed powers into a workable government. It enjoins upon its branches separateness but interdependence, autonomy but reciprocity." Unchecked and unbalanced, the three sources of power may pull too much apart...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fragmentation of Powers | 7/6/1987 | See Source »

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