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Word: gees (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Well, it took them long enough, but here they come. All the old friends and some favorite enimies have returned to brighten up this unhappy spring. There's Luke Skywalker, that gee whiz kid from Tatooine, and there's Princess Leia, that cosmic mankiller. There are Han Solo and his furry 8-ft. friend Chewbacca trying to get their beat-up old tub, the Millennium Falcon, to make the jump into hyperspace. And back, of course, are the Laurel and Hardy of the robot set, Artoo Detoo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Empire Strikes Back! | 5/19/1980 | See Source »

Steve Martin is just wild and crazy over a new portrait of his girlfriend and Jerk co-star Bernadette Peters. The painting, on the cover of Peters' new album Gee Whiz, was done by Illustrator Alberto Varga, 84, who stirred the fantasies of two generations of young men with his soft drawings of semi-nude seductresses for, among others, Esquire and Playboy. Varga retired from painting beauties five years ago, but when Peters, 32, approached him, he just had to give her the brush. Said he: "Yes, you are a Varga Girl." Peters, who wore a camisole...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Apr. 14, 1980 | 4/14/1980 | See Source »

...Beanpot's kinda magical," Bertagna explains, adding, "We're hoping people who are too busy to come to regular women's games will say, 'Gee, I think I'll check...

Author: By Nancy F. Bauer, | Title: A Pot of Their Own | 2/4/1980 | See Source »

...there is no terminal watcher in the room to help me in case...Still I am very hopeful. Making the changes takes almost an hour; I keep forgetting to hit ")" or "(" or ";". Frustration grows, but suddenly my head clears, revived by a cherry, bold voice behind me saying gosh, gee, the wait isn't as bad as last year. It is Bill Bossert himself, here to check out the scene and cheer us up. Minutes after he leaves the room The Machine crashes again, and, having failed to perform the holy ritual of "writing the programs into a file...

Author: By Solange R. Wetlaufer, | Title: Terminal Illness | 1/16/1980 | See Source »

...Gee, guys, I hate to break it to you, but we don't wear down jackets or windbreakers very much at Middle Tennessee State University (yes, we're a University now.) Rather, our taste down here runs to Brooks Brothers and Calvin Klein...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dixie Prep | 1/10/1980 | See Source »

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