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Word: eyeful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Along with his boss Andrei Gromyko, Dobrynin looked Kennedy in the eye and denied there were missiles in Cuba. Did he lie? Probably. But he was forgiven because his untruth was within the bounds of diplomatic duplicity. He negotiated enthusiastically for an arms summit with Lyndon Johnson. The night before announcement of the summit, Dobrynin rushed to tell the President that Soviet troops were moving into Czechoslovakia. End of summit. Another deception? Of course, but again he charmed his way back to credibility...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Barometer of Superpowers | 3/17/1986 | See Source »

Vile Kyle sports a scraggly beard, guzzles beer and rides a motorcycle. Doug Plug looks so much like a fire hydrant that dogs eye him affectionately. These disgusting creatures, along with other urchins like Ghastly Ashley and Messy Tessie, are the Garbage Pail Kids, who are depicted on a hot-selling collection of bubble-gum cards manufactured by Topps Chewing Gum, the Brooklyn company that has produced baseball trading cards for 35 years. To the older generation, the Garbage Pail Kids are repulsive parodies of the Cabbage Patch Kids, but to the preteen set, ugly is beautiful. Says Auronda Barnes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Copyrights: Trouble in the Garbage Pail | 3/17/1986 | See Source »

Publication of the letter, which was originally sent last July, had tactical significance in the ongoing reunion negotiations. For 17 years the president of the Vatican Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity, Willebrands may have had an eye cocked at the five-day in-camera meeting this week in Toronto of the heads of all 28 autonomous branches of world Anglicanism. By releasing the document now, Rome also seeks to provoke hard ecumenical thinking in advance of the 1988 Lambeth Conference, the once-a- decade meeting that embraces some 600 Anglican bishops around the world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: New Signals About Reunification | 3/17/1986 | See Source »

...Belmonte, spotting Blair was easy. "Certain players catch your eye. They have the type of oomph you like to see in a goaltender. I saw him against Richmond Hill in November around Thanksgiving...

Author: By Nick Wurf, | Title: Taking it For Granted in the Net | 3/13/1986 | See Source »

Fourteen other generals have been given new duties at headquarters in Manila so Gen. Ramos can keep an eye on them, the television reported...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Marcos Supporters' Bank Accounts Frozen | 3/11/1986 | See Source »

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