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Word: flings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...dies. These are New Hollywood's scary metaphors for sex in the high-risk '80s. Last year The Fly said that a woman could get involved with a nice guy who metamorphoses into a slavering insect. The current hit Fatal Attraction preaches that no man is safe from a fling who gets flung: her jealousy cuts like a knife. Scott's film, cooler, less apocalyptic, says only this: Know your place -- Manhattan or Queens, restlessness or security -- and stay in it. Alien worlds should never collide...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: High-Risk Love in an Alien World SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME | 10/12/1987 | See Source »

Yohe also threw a pair of interceptions--though one came on a desperation fling on the last play of the first half. On the other take-away, however, Yohe lofted an ill-advised pass that floated over tight end Kent Lucas and into the waiting arms of Huskie defender Chris Demarest. NU scored its first TD of the game seven plays later...

Author: By Jonathan Putnam, | Title: Second Win Blew Gridders' Way | 9/29/1987 | See Source »

Kirkland and Quincy House Committees will each chip in $500 for beer and provide manpower for the spring fling, which will count as the houses' one party with alcohol allowed each year...

Author: By Sophia A. Van wingerden, | Title: Council to Host 30-Keg Party In Mem Hall for Undergrads | 4/8/1987 | See Source »

...Eisert said that the party does not have tobe a one-night fling. If the bash is successful,the council would like to sponsor similar eventsin the future, he said

Author: By Sophia A. Van wingerden, | Title: Council to Host 30-Keg Party In Mem Hall for Undergrads | 4/8/1987 | See Source »

...missing. She takes pleasure in her disappointment: "With Hugh not there she could pay in advance for anticipated pleasures, pay by uncertainty, solitude, and serious study, in a land hostile to women, far from her children, in an ugly room. What destiny could then begrudge her just a little fling?" Such a question, in the context of Iran, turns out to be poignantly beside the point...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Onlookers At A Revolution PERSIAN NIGHTS | 3/23/1987 | See Source »

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