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Word: dead (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...ensuing punt, Dartmouth kicker Kevin Griffin leaped for a high snap, tried to pass the ball off and fumbled. The play was ruled dead at the line of scrimmage. Instead of starting deep in its own territory, Harvard took over on the Big Green side of the field...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: Big Green Fumbles Its Way to Futility | 10/19/1987 | See Source »

Scheduled to come out next fall, Thernstrom's book meshes her feelings about the loss of her friend, meditations on how people maintain ties with deceased friends and relatives and literary theory. The book, entitled "The Dead Girl," focuses on "how one thinks about how one is lost and the mechanism we use to stay connected to them," Thernstrom says...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Recent Alumna's Summa Thesis Reaps Large Rewards | 10/16/1987 | See Source »

...drawn from and adored by the commoners, prepares to wed a prince she does not love. Sound familiar? It is a subplot of The King and I. Like the woman in the famous musical, Princess Buttercup (played by Robin Wright) yearns for another, a farmboy whom she thinks is dead...

Author: By Ross G. Forman, | Title: Refried Bride | 10/16/1987 | See Source »

...only memorable scene in the film is Billy Crystal's hilarious portrayal of Miracle Max, the wizard who has been fired from his royal position. Max helps bring the movie's hero back from the dead with a chocolate-covered pill, but Crystal's cameo is a diamond which sparkles in an otherwise unremarkable film...

Author: By Ross G. Forman, | Title: Refried Bride | 10/16/1987 | See Source »

...solution: carnivorous softshell turtles. To cleanse the holy river, the state government of Uttar Pradesh is raising hundreds of the reptiles. In mid- 1988 they will be released into a twelve-mile stretch of the Ganges. There they are expected to feed on the dead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: India: The Bite of the Turtle | 10/12/1987 | See Source »

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