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Word: drown (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...despair in this petty world of fact ("There was a flood in Boston in 1835, may be there will be again"). And all will be in vain forever, gurp, forever ("If it was 18351 wouldn't have to go on my unicycle to Revere Beach. I could drown in my room...

Author: By George H. Rosen, | Title: Beating the System | 5/20/1983 | See Source »

MAYBE a Third World center would be overrun by radicals who would drown out the moderate voices, making it a bastion of separatism Never mind that the very existence of those oh-so-abrasive radical elements suggests the existence of a real problem. Maybe a Third World center isn't the answer to the race relations problem. But the Foundation, as presently constituted, is barely a step in the right direction...

Author: By Diane M. Cardwell, | Title: Style Over Substance | 5/13/1983 | See Source »

...hits him, but at night she changes into a loving, nurturing person. To keep the day beast away, they resolve to swim out into the ocean at night, as far as they can, then wait for morning. They do, and when day breaks, the woman tries to drown the child. He holds on to her and they both drown, hugging each other...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Sensual Child Comes of Age | 5/2/1983 | See Source »

Colman agrees with this, saying one of the purposes of the gone was "to drown out the other fans." Colman first used the gong in last year's home game against Cornell, in response to the "rowdy fans [who were] drowning...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hockey Traditions Will Continue as Cowbell, Gong Are Bequeathed to the next Generation | 4/5/1983 | See Source »

...group of 25 bystanders gathered outside of Widener attempted to drown out the chants of the demonstrators and then gradually dispersed Many of the onlookers disputed the Sparicists view of world events. "Their support of the Soviet Union and the government of Poland is sufficient comment on their concern for civil rights." Yitzhak Klein, a graduate student in Government, said yesterday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sparticists Rally at OCS-OCL To Protest Marine Recruitment | 3/12/1983 | See Source »

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