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Word: ducks (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...routine as predicted and Reagan once again demonstrates his remarkable powers of physical recuperation, he faces a daunting task of political recovery. Almost immediately, he will have to map an agenda that might make the last quarter of his presidency something other than a period of lame-duck drift...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Last Battles | 1/12/1987 | See Source »

...clean, antic style of the Warner Bros. cartoons lives in the pages of William the Backwards Skunk (Crown; $10.95). And why not? The artist-author is Chuck Jones, 74, director of so many Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and Road Runner animated shorts that even he has lost count. Jones has no trouble recalling the number of books he has produced: this is his first. The star is a highly odiferous creature who wears his white stripe in front, where no enemy can see it. In the forest, confusion reigns supreme. The panthers, foxes and bears are afraid to hunt; without...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Enchantments For | 1/5/1987 | See Source »

...DEADEST DUCK George Lucas' $40 million Howard the Duck as it sank into box-office oblivion, proving that even the empire can strike...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Most of '86 | 1/5/1987 | See Source »

...blind sampling of foods meant to go with Korbel California champagne, the Palatex company came up with the following amazing results: fried fish sticks beat out caviar, Oreos were preferred to strawberries, taco filling to foie gras and Oriental pepper steak to escargots, while Kentucky Fried Chicken won over duck a l'orange...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Food: Tasting The Bitter and the Sweet | 1/5/1987 | See Source »

...affluent Boston suburb of Newton. There he returned to scheming for the overthrow of Marcos, while Cory resumed her favored routine of browsing through department stores, raising bonsai trees and relaxing over Falcon Crest and Dallas. Her American neighbors remember the President of the Philippines especially for her Peking duck...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Woman of the Year | 1/5/1987 | See Source »

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