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Word: fogs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Biloxi, Miss. The predawn fog creeps across the Hilton hotel parking lot where a dozen perky volunteers gather to prepare for the Vice President's visit that afternoon. Scott Walker, 22, who has taken a semester off from the University of Central Florida, leads a group that will plant another 100 BUSH FOR PRESIDENT signs along Highway 90. The others head for the the Mississippi Coast Coliseum to inflate 1,000 red, white and blue helium balloons. They work in the men's bathroom, where the ceiling is low enough to allow the balloons to float within reach. Logistics...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Day in the Life of a Political Machine | 3/14/1988 | See Source »

...that were molded and dried long seasons ago into these pages, and that they have drunk up the learning of generations. Don't pull it from the top or the binding will break, the librarian said. Ultimately, respect that what you hold is a treasure brought out of the fog of time, out of the mind of a master, whose message to the world is that which has shaped it. Don't misshelve them or no one will find them, the librarian said...

Author: By Spencer S. Hsu, | Title: On Books, Respect, And Time | 2/27/1988 | See Source »

...remain unflooded. Allow oneself a moment's skepticism and the story turns to piffle. But audiences give themselves over to the fantasy concocted by Prince and Designer Maria Bjornson, letting logic evanesce as long as the sights and sounds are glorious. Which they are: bolts of lightning, carpets of fog and flashes of fire compete with the Phantom's midair descent in a chariot of gilded cherubs and his final disappearance while sitting on a solid-looking throne...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Music Of The Night THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA | 2/8/1988 | See Source »

...woman called it the worst landing she had ever experienced -- and few of her fellow passengers would disagree. After a sharp descent through rain and fog last week, Eastern Airlines Flight 573 slammed so hard onto a runway in Pensacola, Fla., that the DC-9 broke in two, dragging the rear third of its fuselage nearly a mile. "I looked down and I saw the pavement and stripes going under me," said Kyle Barnhill, who was sitting directly over the 2-ft. crack. None of the plane's 100 passengers and five-member crew were seriously hurt. Eastern executives stoutly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Transportation: Gimme a Break! | 1/11/1988 | See Source »

...only thing I do know in this crazy, swirly, hurly-burly world is that Mel Torme wrote The Christmas Song. Did you know that Mel Torme wrote The Christmas Song? Yeah, the Velvet Fog wrote the famous Nat King Cole ditty, "Chestnuts roasting on an open fire...

Author: By Steven Lichtman, | Title: He Just Did It | 12/16/1987 | See Source »

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