Word: darts
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...longer you sit there, the more pathetic and foolish the shop seems, and you with it. The plants and gaudy red flowers on all the tables are plastic. The eyes of the older woman reader, with heavy make-up, arched eyebrows, gypsy rings and long red dress, dart about like those of a nervous crank, making sure the other readers don't take her customers. She offers such wisdom as, "you have a dog who loves you very much [the man is blind and has a seeing-eye dog next to him]. I see a woman coming into your life...
...REGISTERING for the draft, it seems, is a lot like jaywalking. When you dart across the street in the face of a red "Don't Walk" signal, you do not expect to be brought to trial. When you decide not to register in the face of long jail term and a large fine, you do. But in their enforcement of the registration law, the Selective Service and Justice Department have treated non-registrants like jaywalkers; even if you cross there is not much chance you are going to get caught...
...ought to create a surge of satisfaction in the owner when he hears it spoken," says Thomas Moulson, a marketing-research manager at Ford. Still, the definition is elusive. Birds of prey, even imaginary ones, have been big successes (Thunderbird, Eagle, Skyhawk), as have weapons (Cutlass, Le Sabre, Javelin, Dart). American cars generally have more aggressive names than European models, which often wear numbers (3201, R-18), and domestic Japanese autos, which often have docile names (Fairlady, Bluebird, Sunny...
...deluxe barge trip through the South of France is no Love Boat excursion. First Kate, the unloved one of the title, meets with foul play; then two of her relatives are killed. The squabbling survivors are effectively imprisoned on the barge while the investigation begins to unfold, and suspicions dart from person to person like fireflies on the canal...
...Aldrich, Dart. 1 1-0 1.000 2 0.000 Marchese, Har. 1 1-0 1.000 5 1.29 Tanner, Navy 2 1-0 1.000 5 2.08 Low'nberg, Yale 3 1-0 1.000 4 2.08 Rinaldi, Penn 3 3-0 1.000 7 2.25 Michael, Navy...