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Word: forehead (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Johnny B. Goode, and then he segues into a classic, the classic maybe. "To dream the impossible dream," his chest swells inside the gold brocade jacket. His face, puffed enough from the good life to fill in any lines, begins to hang with sweat, small perfect beads on his forehead, twinkling in the kliegs. "To go where the brave dare not follow, To reach the unreachable star." He looks a little like Elvis--the pudgy, aging Elvis responsible for the sale of millions of commemorative ashtrays, the safe, sequined Elvis, the Vegas Elvis, and not the take-this, Memphis, denim...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Boston: 267-2200 | 9/14/1981 | See Source »

...prescription for dirty, unhealthy air." Reagan defended his environmental policies and those of beleaguered Interior Secretary James Watt last week, branding critics "environmental extremists." Said he: "What Watt's trying to do is a little bit like getting a mule's attention-you hit him in the forehead with a two-by-four first...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Not-So-Brief Intermission | 8/17/1981 | See Source »

...Manhattan high school. The students, who range from an attractive redhead in her 20s to an actor in his 50s, also learn that steeped camomile tea bags applied under the eyes prevent pouches, dry oatmeal helps preserve a youthful complexion, and a postage stamp stuck on the forehead is a good reminder not to frown. And those are only a few of the face-saving tips suggested in a course titled "Wrinkles, Wrinkles, Wrinkles," one of 168 offered this month by a trend-setting new continuing education program, Network for Learning...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Fast Food for the Brain | 7/27/1981 | See Source »

...that of Isaac Hayes, who plays the Duke of New York. His ebony dome intact from the days of Shaft and his other forays into the Blaxploitation genre, Hayes could be a marvelously evocative figure--instead, he comes off as a dummy with about three lines and a shiny forehead and automobile. Hayes can't really complain; the whole script can't run more than about ten pages...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: Take the A Train | 7/14/1981 | See Source »

Brady was by far the most seriously injured. A bullet entered his forehead just over his left eye and crossed through to the right side of his brain. Word quickly spread that he had died, causing gasps and sobs in the White House West Wing among aides and members of the seasoned press corps, for whom Brady, through his wit and warmth, had become more of a joyous friend than a mere professional colleague. For five hours, surgeons working with the aid of a microscope performed a delicate craniotomy, lifting off the top of his skull to remove a significant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Caught in the Line of Fire | 4/13/1981 | See Source »

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