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Word: fistfuls (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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When Wolf said she did not think questioning government promotion of religious practices was nit-picking, Danehy slammed his fist down and shouted, "Bullshit...

Author: By Gawain Kripke, | Title: City Permits Nativity Display on Common | 12/16/1986 | See Source »

...hapless Bruin slammed his fist into the water with disgust, the Harvard bench erupted in applause and Brown was sunk...

Author: By Adam J. Epstein, | Title: Aquadudes Play Happy Hosts at Blodgett, Capture Ivy Championship With 3-0 Slate | 10/27/1986 | See Source »

Perhaps Bernstein will always be misunderstood by the Tom Wolfes of the world. Petty journalists will always be obsessed with the irony of designer clothing clad partiers making the Black Panther fist of protest, of political radicalism as a status symbol...

Author: By Noam S. Cohen, | Title: Encore, Maestro? | 10/23/1986 | See Source »

...then, like a religious ritual, we see it again: the shining guns, the close-ups of the bolts slamming home like the fist of God, the spewing shells, the crumpling bodies. The film "un-asked" the question of the plot with Zen-like serenity. Arnold simply kills everyone. Everyone...

Author: By Peter D. Sagal, | Title: Cameron's Little Camera of Horrors | 10/17/1986 | See Source »

...leader sounded fed up with the slowness of diplomats in working out agreements. Though he included the usual accusations against the U.S., he implied exasperation with his own bureaucracy as well as Reagan's. Says a U.S. official: "All at one time, Gorbachev was wringing his hands, pounding his fist and holding out his hand for the President to shake...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iceland Cometh | 10/13/1986 | See Source »

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