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Word: enliven (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...soon one forgets that they were ever there. Yes, like Packards and Studebakers (or convertibles with rumble seats). Or getting one's daughter shoes at Best's, until she grew old enough for cashmeres from Peck & Peck . . . Or trying to recall the Burma-Shave signs that used to enliven those long trips before most people ever took airplanes. TO STEAL/ A KISS/ HE HAD THE KNACK/ BUT LACKED THE CHEEK/ TO GET ONE BACK/ BURMA-SHAVE...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Reflections on 28 Flavors | 5/1/1989 | See Source »

PERHAPS Hernandez-Gravelle is right in that sense to denounce nostalgia. But she could oppose romanticizing the past without singling out employees who are only trying to enliven an otherwise mundane evening meal. Students enjoy '50s night and other special meals, and they appreciate the extra efforts of the dining hall employees...

Author: By Frank E. Lockwood, | Title: In Defense of the Fifties | 2/8/1989 | See Source »

With Vellucci's retirement from the council set for January 1990, the question is not whether he is tired, but what he will enliven next...

Author: By Matthew M. Hoffman, THE CRIMSON STAFF | Title: Textbooks & Lizards' Tongues: Monday Night With Al Vellucci | 1/25/1989 | See Source »

MIRACOLO D'AMORE. Clowns and choruses, nudes and birdsong enliven Martha Clarke's surreal fantasy, off-Broadway, of love and violence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Critics' Choice: Jul. 25, 1988 | 7/25/1988 | See Source »

Clowns and choruses, nudes and birdsong enliven Martha Clarke's surreal fantasy of love and violence, just off-Broadway...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Critics' Choice: Jul. 11, 1988 | 7/11/1988 | See Source »

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