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Word: forks (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...fact, those Canadian ties date back to the city's founding, which was aided by the then Canadian-based, fur-trading Hudson Bay Company. Seeking a midway point on the Red River between St. Paul. Minn., and Winnipeg, the company settled on Grand Forks. The fork in the river at that point was used as the city's name when it was incorporated...

Author: By Jeffrey A. Zucker, | Title: The Biggest Show in Town | 3/25/1983 | See Source »

...work ... he could not always absorb the sense of what was said ... During this period he got as hopelessly absent-minded as he ever has been ... When he was doing chores he would be thinking about the work ... Once when laying the table he put down knife, fork and glass for [his character] Sergeant Lamb. He did not do this, however, for Jesus Christ when he was working on King Jesus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Excerpt: Books: Feb. 7, 1983 | 2/7/1983 | See Source »

...also won't need complicated utensils--not even a measuring cup--just a fork, knife, and spoon...

Author: By Dora Y. Mao, | Title: Recipes for a Dorm Room | 12/8/1982 | See Source »

Prepare the pudding with 1 1/2 cups of milk You don't need a rotary beater, just beat briskly with a fork. Chill (Pudding is not absolutely necessary for the recipe to work well, so only use it if you really like pudding...

Author: By Dora Y. Mao, | Title: Recipes for a Dorm Room | 12/8/1982 | See Source »

Miss Manners clearly stresses etiquette at the table, but Harvard finds most of it useless. Three full pages describe the function of every fork imaginable when the Union stocks only one variety. The most important advice goes without mention--avoid the forks that still have this morning's French toast stuck to their tines...

Author: By L. JOSEPH Garcia, | Title: Behaving | 8/13/1982 | See Source »

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