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Word: eyeful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Cindy came out strong by walking along the outside of the stage and staring each guy in the eye. ("SKIN TO WIN.") Judy has responded with lots of pelvic thrusts. ("SKIN...

Author: By James E. Canning, | Title: Skin To Win | 4/11/1988 | See Source »

...thing is certain: no one today can or should ignore AIDS. Yet the general public has turned an even blinder eye to the disease's ravaging of central Africa than it has to the tragedy in the homosexual community--which may reveal something about our prejudices. Recent attempts to make warnings strike "closer to home" can easily have the reverse effect. At best, exaggerated wolf-crying will not, in the long run, teach people caution. At worst, it will cause people to strike back at "them", who they fear are on the verge of spreading the disease to "us", even...

Author: By Charles N.W. Keckler, | Title: Adding Fuel to the Fire | 4/9/1988 | See Source »

...plaques for his skill at moving Fords and Buicks off the lot. But when the new president of the local dealership issued a strict dress code requiring all used-car salesmen to wear sport coats, Grant decided to make his own fashion statement. He went out and bought two eye-torturing sport coats -- a screaming fuchsia and a rainbow plaid -- to go with his gray and green slacks. Already annoyed by Grant's frequent catnaps and snacking on the job, Dealer Conrad Darby fired one of his best salesmen. Catnaps notwithstanding, Grant did not take this lying down. Claiming that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Florida: The Dress of A Salesman | 3/28/1988 | See Source »

After the company's first shot -- the DEFT system to diagnose troubles in IBM's giant disk drives -- proved a bull's-eye, IBM Chairman John Akers became an enthusiast. He gave Schorr the green light to promote expert systems throughout the company. IBM now has 50 knowledge systems up and running, and Schorr expects that number to double each year for the next few years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Technology: Putting Knowledge to Work | 3/28/1988 | See Source »

Junior Rick Renninger looks like he will havethe first-base slot. The slugger hit .309 lastyear, and seven of his 17 hits went for extrabases. Renninger also has a good eye--he walked 20times...

Author: By Colin F. Boyle, | Title: Batsmen Take Spring Break Seriously | 3/23/1988 | See Source »

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