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Word: exclaims (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Freshman Sarah Duncan could only exclaim "What?" as she put on the most quizzical look she could find...

Author: By Daniel B. Wroblewski, | Title: This Time for Real | 2/19/1986 | See Source »

...when you hear the clan of aquamen exclaim "suits on heads" you'd better be ready for more than a few hand claps...

Author: By Charles C. Matthews, | Title: Aqua Antics | 3/12/1985 | See Source »

...attitude of whites is more subtle than just open prejudice, say Tsosie and Fines. Sometimes, they say, a person will smile broadly and exclaim: "I have some Indian blood! Some very far ancestor of mine married an Indian princess." They call it the "Pocahontas' syndrome...

Author: By Nicholas P. Caron, | Title: American Indians at Harvard | 11/28/1984 | See Source »

...large white-and-red box without a moment's hesitation. But one elderly man insisted on his right to consider alternative choices, noting that "nobody buys a cat in a bag." As he stepped into the booth conspicuously provided for that purpose, amused polling officials heard him sarcastically exclaim as he marked his ballot, "What a surprise! They even provide pencils to cross out these names...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Poland: Ballot Battle | 7/2/1984 | See Source »

...Olsen: "Well-chiseled faces, straight noses, full lips, darkly gleaming eyes, careful coiffures. Camelots old and new had never produced a more al luringly matched set." But that was only for show. Offstage, Coe tried to persuade friends to destroy evidence, Olsen says, and the oldest victim made Ruth exclaim, "She's much too ugly to be a convincing witness...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Victims | 3/19/1984 | See Source »

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