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Word: fasted (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...nation that venerates excess. I drank this much, or I drove so fast. In high school, vomiting is a badge of honor...

Author: By Nick Wurf, | Title: Driving Them Off the Road? | 4/2/1986 | See Source »

April has the reputation for being cruel, so despite looking forward to the comforts of lightening-fast McCurdy Track, Coach Haggerty is worried. "We go back and forth between the indoor and outdoor tracks depending on the weather. It's difficult to train consistently," he said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Track Squads Hoping to Ward Off Outdoor Injuries | 4/1/1986 | See Source »

Contac capsules have helped millions of Americans endure the sniffles, but last week every store in the U.S. that carried the popular cold remedy was ordered to get it off the shelves. Manufacturer SmithKline Beckman of Philadelphia was forced to recall Contac and two other fast-selling encapsulated products, the antihistamine Teldrin, for allergies, and Dietac, for appetite control...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Capsule Terror | 3/31/1986 | See Source »

...always do well in reruns. The trouble with most of the newcomers is that they look like reruns already. You Again (Jack Klugman as a divorced father) and Tough Cookies (Robby Benson as a Chicago police detective) are about as dumb and hackneyed as the genre gets. CBS's Fast Times, though based on a smart, funny movie about high school life, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, is nearly as lame. The problems start with the casting. As Spicoli, the spaced-out surfer played hilariously in the film by Sean Penn, Dean Cameron projects nothing more than...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: Sitting in the Maple Syrup | 3/31/1986 | See Source »

...discount rate, the interest that the Federal Reserve charges member banks for loans, from 7.5% to 7%. Volcker urged the board to postpone the cut because he was trying to persuade other industrial countries to drop their interest rates first. He feared that if American rates fell too fast, foreign investors would pull money out of the U.S. and send the dollar into a free fall...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Money Czar Survives a Coup | 3/31/1986 | See Source »

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