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Word: curls (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...quarterback Rob DeVirgilio, in the only memorable play of the game, rolled out left while wide receiver Peter Pujols ran a deep curl on the right. Throwing against his body, DeVirgilio completed the pass to Pujols, who was brought down at the Lowell four yd-line...

Author: By Dan Breiner, | Title: Cabot-North, K-Land Advance | 11/13/1985 | See Source »

...didn't you know that? Nearly brought Lizzie's husband Horace to his knees. That's Horace there, out in front of his clothing store, and a fine, gentle man he was. Why, I remember when Horace . . . What did you say, child, you're sleepy? Well you just curl up here while I go through the old photographs. Lovely days, sad days. So many memories, child. But no matter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The Patter of Little Footes 1918 | 5/13/1985 | See Source »

...every boulevard and each street square." The memory sends Alexander into a lyrical flight: "Wonderfully smelling, thin, fresh waffles, which were twisted, still hot, into cornets and crammed with cream--the very image of waves, heaving hump-backed and white-crested as they reach the shore, to topple, curl and close like the wave of Hokusai...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Speak, Memory a Vanished Present: the Memoirs of Alexander Pasternak | 3/25/1985 | See Source »

...their names--Dan Ma-ri-no, Joe Mon-ta-na--the similarity of their bearing and stock--Pennsylvania grimy--the disparity of their builds and sun coasts--Miami and San Francisco--the level of their confidence, the quality of their arrogance, even the way they can make hair curl up under helmets and stand up on necks suggested a confrontation was coming one day. If all of the National Football League quarterbacks were ringed in a battle royal, wouldn't these two be the ones left standing at the end? That roughly describes the process of the past four long...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Up in Arms: Two to Tangle | 1/21/1985 | See Source »

...leaking again. After much deliberation, a team of top Indian and American scientists decided that the safest solution was to reopen the facility for five days or so, just long enough to process the excess methyl isocyanate into pesticide. As thin trails of black smoke once again began to curl out of the plant's smokestacks, 30 workers walked past the paramilitary forces guarding the main gate and reported back to work...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: India: Clouds of Uncertainty | 12/24/1984 | See Source »

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