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Word: drown (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...take the statistics and graphs and paint them over with streaks of crimson and blue. Drown them out with victory marches and fight songs. Douse them with a cold beer and get your artistic juices flowing...

Author: By Bob Cunha, | Title: The Poetry of The Game | 11/22/1986 | See Source »

...escapes from standard film conventions. Lee inserts a sequence that illustrates Nola's caustic commentary on men. Ten men deliver their most persuasive come-on lines for the camera. One winner, for instance, suggests "Hey baby, let's do the wild thing." The laughter of the audience tends to drown out some of the lines but Lee surely will have his timing down by his next project. Another small misstep comes with a fantasy dance sequence shot in color in the middle of this black-and-white film; it lasts too long and seems out of place. A better touch...

Author: By Abigail M. Mcganney, | Title: You've Gotta See It | 9/26/1986 | See Source »

...talking about freshman hell, an almost indescribable experience that affects everyone differently. Some of those who pass through Harvard's Hellgate drown themselves in a synapseblowing miasma of drugs and alcohol. Others slit their wrists, or jump off Anderson Bridge...

Author: By Cyrus M. Sanai, | Title: Guide to Freshman Hell | 9/22/1986 | See Source »

...Thatcher called the summit result "reasonable for all concerned." Her Commonwealth colleagues were less effusive. Said Gandhi: "It's not the Commonwealth that loses; Britain loses. It is not leading anymore." Pindling likened Thatcher's stance to that of a would-be rescuer who waits for the victim to drown before throwing a lifeline. Mugabe professed himself "utterly dismayed." Nonetheless, Thatcher had managed once again to buy a little more time, averting the immediate threat to the Commonwealth and forestalling any need to make a final decision on sanctions, at least until the meeting of European foreign ministers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Africa Going Part of the Way | 8/18/1986 | See Source »

...tuna fleet last year were taken by "setting on porpoise," the practice of dropping nets where dolphins frolic on the surface. As a result, thousands of dolphins are swept into tuna nets each year. Many of them become entangled beneath the surface and, since they are air breathers, drown...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: A DEADLY ROUNDUP AT SEA | 8/4/1986 | See Source »

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