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Word: flings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...cultures. "The birth of a child, coming of age, marriage, death and the spirits of our ancestors -- all these needed to be illustrated and represented as supernatural manifestations. This is the basis of our art. We are still interlinked with nature." More radically, Cameroon's Father Mveng wants to fling the church doors wide open to fetishes and magic charms. In Africa's interreligious melange, Muslims are creating images for Christian churches that are not allowed in mosques. Animists are decorating Christian churches. Father Carroll's school produced, as well as Christian art, pillars for temples serving ancestral faiths...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Africa's Artistic Resurrection | 3/27/1989 | See Source »

Just when you thought that spring break could not possibly get any more sophomoric, the Miller Brewing Co. presents Beachin' Times, a 16-page glossy advertisement that advises party dudes how to "scam babes" and turn the traditional Florida fling vacation "into your own personal trout farm." But the Beachin' Times, a color supplement that appeared in 55 campus newspapers in the U.S., has been wiped out by indignant collegians. At the University of Wisconsin, students even threatened to boycott the Milwaukee company's brew, while the Daily Iowan's editorial column slammed Miller for "propaganda that is so blatantly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Advertising: Way Cool or Totally Bogus? | 3/27/1989 | See Source »

Doing a mean impression of Bourbeau's on-his-stomach goal against the Soviets in the 1988 Winter Olympics, Howley managed to fling the puck past Menges while he fell to the ice with 6:57 into the second period. Harvard led, 4-0, and Howley's quest for a score was over...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: Icemen Put a Stop to Red Raid, 8-2 | 12/3/1988 | See Source »

...second plot begins when Jerry, feeling sorry for his charge, decides to allow Gino a last fling, taking him to Lake Tahoe, in secret defiance of his orders. Once there, Jerry manages to convince everyone that Gino is a mafia don--so important that you should feel ashamed if you have to ask who he is--and suddenly, Gino and Jerry find themselves VIP guests with a spacious hotel suite and an unlimited credit line at a Tahoe casino. This inner plot hinges on the question of how long Gino can keep up the deception, a feat made...

Author: By Gary L. Susman, | Title: Where the Snide Talk Ends | 10/21/1988 | See Source »

...That broke the ice completely," Sweeney said of his spring fling with the Bruins. "I kind of got the taste for the pro game...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: Sweeney Makes NHL; Calls Garden Home | 10/6/1988 | See Source »

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