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Word: donut (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Muffins seemed to be the most popular breakfast food, so we decided it would be great to have muffins every day," Gabler said, adding that she later scaled down that request in deference to donut fans...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Great Muffin Caper Ends In Triumph | 3/1/1984 | See Source »

...remainder of the tour covered everything from a fancy Hungarian restaurant to a pizza parlor, where we were joined by others. It culminated outside a donut shop where Joseph tossed out donuts onto the pavement in case I was hungry, dryly calling out the flavors: "Coconut...cinnamon...jelly..." Over the next few weeks I often went along on Joseph's lonely hunts. I never ate anything, but Joseph appreciated the company...

Author: By Naomi L. Pierce, | Title: Out on His Own | 3/1/1984 | See Source »

Randy Newman: I Love L.A. (Tim Newman). Girls! Freeways! Donut shacks! Flash-cut postcards from the sunshine capital that are as winning and witty as the song itself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: THE TOP 20 VIDEOS | 12/26/1983 | See Source »

...spleen in the process. As a result most men now know what women have known all along: that males do not posses a monopoly on intelligence, strength, ambition, or desire. Clearly any man who hasn't gotten the message by now is either deaf, dumb, or decaying inside a donut shop somewhere, clutching a newspaper that reads, "LINDBERGH LANDS...

Author: By Margaret Y. Han, | Title: A Post-Feminist Letter to Men | 11/10/1983 | See Source »

...once more. He has had her dress pressed and sends her to the showers while he fixes breakfast. Whereas the night before he was playing father to Ellen, he now becomes her mother as well. In a famous sequence, he teaches her how to properly dunk and eat a donut. It seems as if he is always "teaching" her something, constantly asserting his control and superiority over her. When her father's detectives show up looking for her, Ellen and Peter carry out an hilarious charade, pretending to be a bickering married couple. Their portrayal of a poor, lowercalss husband...

Author: By Marie B. Morris, | Title: Saints, Proust and Baseball | 6/8/1983 | See Source »

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