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Word: dust (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...talk to you about it, only I have to go feed my editorial assistant." As she went off shouting "Igor! Din-din!" I picked myself off the floor and looked at the book it was my fate to review. The Norton Anthology of Pretentious Literature proclaimed the dust-jacket. I read the description on the inside cover...

Author: By Cyrus M. Sanai, | Title: Brain-Addled Air Junkies | 4/30/1987 | See Source »

...complicated, hilarious situations involving the trio and a pair of nosy reporters (Nick Davis and Margie Ingall) out to tell the real story of the upper-crust predictably culminates in a wedding. The wedding, of course, is dust-try and the dialogue catty through...

Author: By Thomas M. Doyle, | Title: The Philadelphia Story | 4/10/1987 | See Source »

Even with the Southern regional primary, a storybook ending is unlikely, at least in 1988. Clinton and even a well-funded Gore would be starting late with little national following. But with secure local bases, these Cotton Dust Twins have little to lose by whistling Dixie -- making a national name, picking up some Southern delegates and, at worst, positioning themselves for 1992 and beyond...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Whistling Dixie: Clinton and Gore to the fore | 4/6/1987 | See Source »

...above most of the murk of the atmosphere, the Kuiper can turn its 36-in. infrared telescope on the supernova. It can be equipped with nearly a dozen other instruments that will enable scientists to determine with precision how cool the supernova's envelope is becoming, and how the dust from the blown envelope is condensing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Supernova! | 3/23/1987 | See Source »

Before the dust settles, though, we should make sure that one flawed disciplinary body is not replaced by another. For the new body to ensure justice in the Harvard community, it must enjoy the full faith and confidence of those who live under its jurisdiction. Does the new committee deserve such support...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Not So Fast | 3/18/1987 | See Source »

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