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Word: flamingly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...money. All but one of the boys adored Barrie and his tales. He, in turn, created for them the character of Peter Pan. "I suppose," he said, "I always knew that I made Peter by rubbing the five of you violently together, as savages with two sticks produce a flame...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Lost Man | 12/24/1979 | See Source »

...fire was apparently set when two books of matches--found later on the ground near the building's entrance--were thrown into the can of lighter fluid. A bush near the building's entrance burned, and the ivy which scales the building's front side caught flame...

Author: By Robert O. Boorstin, | Title: Police Investigate 17 Quincy St. Fire | 12/6/1979 | See Source »

...read it directly as landscape violates its meaning. The cliffs and ravines of color, the jagged rifts of blue or vermilion breaking through a matrix of dense enveloping black, are no metaphors of the Grand Canyon or the Rockies, nor do the flickering shapes literally allude to flame or cloud. They are meant to convey a sense of pantheistic energy, of intense mood and vigorously articulated feeling-to substitute, in fact, for nature it self. For Still's admirers, this invites comparison with the greatest lyrical nature cycle in modern art, Monet's Water Lilies. Still...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: The Tempest in the Paint Pot | 11/26/1979 | See Source »

...Until you agree to a $50,000 advance, I'll hold my hand in this flame," said Liddy...

Author: By David Frankel, | Title: Keep the Lid On | 10/19/1979 | See Source »

Liddy positioned his right hand over the candle so that the flame licked at his palm. Soon, the room filled with the scent of burning flesh. Liddy did not flinch. The stench became overwhelming. The executive pushed a button on his intercom...

Author: By David Frankel, | Title: Keep the Lid On | 10/19/1979 | See Source »

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