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Word: forkfuls (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...tough-but-decent slum kid who made good. During the 1968 filming of Lady in Cement, according to Producer's Assistant Michael Viner, a prostitute complained that Sinatra had asked her to stay for breakfast after an all-night party, and then used a knife and fork to eat an order of ham and eggs off her chest. She threatened to sue, said Viner, but 20th Century-Fox settled out of court. The late actor Peter Lawford, a Sinatra "Rat Pack" member who had married into the Kennedy family, recalled that "one time at a party in Palm Springs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: A Thumb in the Public Eye His Way:The Unauthorized Biography of Frank Sinatra | 11/3/1986 | See Source »

...already long bill another $30 for tickets and the $100-$300 women will have to fork over for a formal dress...

Author: By John C. Yoo, | Title: Tuxedo Trauma | 10/1/1986 | See Source »

Here is how you do it: jump on a bike and pedal in a straight line. Brake abruptly, spin the bike over the jammed front wheel and stand semiupright on "fork stander" pegs that you have attached to either side of the front tire. When the maneuver is completed, pedal off nonchalantly. Congratulations. You have just freestyled. You are a "bike breaker." Go join skate boarders and break dancers in the Street-Life Hall of Fame...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Move Over, Break Dancing | 9/22/1986 | See Source »

Claiming that its exclusive fishing rights extend 200 miles offshore, Kiribati, along with a dozen other small Pacific nations, wants U.S. fishing interests to pay it $20 million a year to catch tuna off their shores. U.S. companies refused to fork over, but the Soviet Union agreed to pay $1.7 million to fish off Kiribati...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cold War: Fishing for a Foothold | 8/4/1986 | See Source »

Governor White had to fork over 150 pounds of barbecued chicken to Governor Dukakis because of the Rockets' loss. Even more disappointing, I wasn't even invited to share in the Texas feast...

Author: By Michael J. Lartigue, | Title: A Houstoner Plots His Revenge | 7/22/1986 | See Source »

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