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Word: dudes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...dude, cool and sassy, street smart and maybe even mean if somebody tries to hassle him. Anyway, he will have you know that there is plenty of righteous rage underneath his hipster's slickness-better not mess with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Cooling Out | 6/1/1981 | See Source »

...around and say, 'You stuck a guy up? Big deal. I got the bread, then to show him I wasn't just kidding around, I shot him three times.' And the guy next to him says, 'Well, you think that's bad? I took a shot and blew the dude's head off.' " Adds Atlanta Police Chief Napper: "There are a lot of young guys who just don't care, who go out and blow people away just for the hell of it." Chief Gates of Los Angeles takes a somewhat broader view. "We've lost a whole generation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Curse of Violent Crime | 3/23/1981 | See Source »

...symbolically "secede" from Harvard should the law pass. That idea appealed to the Harvard Lampoon, whose members dressed in storm trooper outfits and marched down Massachusetts Avenue toward the city Hall to demand that they too be made a separate state. Sutton records that Councilor Michael (Mickey the Dude) Sullivan was descending the steps as the Poonies arrived. He tried to stop the parade, and fell to the ground in the ensuing confusion. Luckily for the opponents of Plan E, Sullivan toppled in front of a photographer whose widely-circulated picture made it appear that a Harvard student in jackboots...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: More Than a College Town | 6/5/1980 | See Source »

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