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Word: deeps (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Joisey homegirl in a clingy jade satin mini and fuschia bikini top, and Sheila Lowitt, with sinister eye makeup, deftly trade bedtime barbs. When Trixie is scared by Sheila's desire to be a thespian, Sheila wonders, "How can you be so shallow?" "My boyfriend says I'm deep," Trixie retorts...

Author: By Laurie M. Grossman, | Title: Hasty Pudding Theatricals: Puttin' on the Blitz | 2/22/1989 | See Source »

...spot the magic. His characters, mostly country people, along with some layabout Houstoners ("We drank margaritas as often as we could stand it"), are portrayed with rare tenderness; Bass is even tolerant of his blackhearted men. The title story is the most ambitious, a frightening descent into deep Southern swamps. But a dippy little yarn called Mississippi is just as satisfying. It is about a man who loses his girl because . . . well, because, like a horse with a straw hat on, he kept pausing to take in the foliage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bookends: Feb. 20, 1989 | 2/20/1989 | See Source »

...know, George, I feel that in a small way we're doing something important, satisfying a fundamental urge. It's deep in the race for a man to want his own roof and walls and fireplace. And we're helping him get these things...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Savings And Loan Crisis: Finally, the Bill Has Come Due | 2/20/1989 | See Source »

...perverse trait among shaky S & Ls has been their tendency to get further and further into what one bank regulator euphemistically calls "deep yogurt," in part because they must offer higher interest rates than their competitors to keep attracting savings. Big-time depositors flock to these S & Ls, knowing that they cannot lose because the Government will guarantee deposits up to $100,000. In that sense, Congress contributed to the FSLIC's liability in 1980, when it raised the coverage limit from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Savings And Loan Crisis: Finally, the Bill Has Come Due | 2/20/1989 | See Source »

...When Professor of Law Derrick A. Bell--one of two tenured Black professors at the Law School--held a sit-in in 1987 to protest the faculty's vote to deny a CLS adherent tenure, Clark said "This is a university--it's not a lunch counter in the deep South...

Author: By Jonathan S. Cohn and Tara A. Nayak, S | Title: Clark Appointment Made Official; Bok Says Dean Will Be Conciliatory | 2/18/1989 | See Source »

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