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Word: doorjamb (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...first things to go is the sense of sex as suspenseful... Then you get past thirty, and while time is of course as inexorable as ever, it is very difficult to measure in a credible way. You don't make higher marks on the doorjamb each birthday...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Quixote in the Kitchen | 10/12/1981 | See Source »

Never on the doorjamb, but sometimes in books. Like his running character, Berger has learned to cut down on adjectives and take it easy on the sauce. When Reinhart returns in his 70s, he may actually be underweight-in everything but entertainment value and insights. -By J.D. Reed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Quixote in the Kitchen | 10/12/1981 | See Source »

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