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Word: greened (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...apartment that so obsessed the Mayor...twelve-foot ceilings...two wings, one for the white Anglo-Saxon Protestants who own the place and one for the help... Sherman McCoy was kneeling in his front hall trying to put a leash on a dachsund. The floor was a deep green marble, and it went on and on. It led to a five-foot walnut staircase that swept up in a sumptuous curve to the floor above. It was the sort of apartment the mere thought of which ignites flames of greed and covetousness under people all over New York...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Wolfe Sampler | 5/4/1988 | See Source »

...warm. He counts their pennies; she spends their dollars. She favors sleek high heels; he wears clunky wing tips. (One of her cardinal campaign rules is not to unpack in front of her husband, lest he see some new purchase.) His desk is as clean as a putting green; hers resembles a rummage sale of old papers. He is guarded; she is winningly open. She loves to gossip; for him, small talk is a foreign language. He is Greek Orthodox; she is Jewish...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kitty Provides the Passion | 5/2/1988 | See Source »

...been to use kegs or inner tubes, and for propulsion, past participants have used pieces of wood attached to dining hall trays as oars. Raft designs have included crude constructions of planks, an elaborate Viking raft, and last year's Eliot House entry--a preppy raft complete with putting green...

Author: By Lizzie S. Weinreb, | Title: Ships of Fools to Hit Charles | 4/29/1988 | See Source »

...Easy Being Green...

Author: By Michael J. Lartigue, | Title: Netwomen Lick Green To Sit Atop Ivy Heap | 4/28/1988 | See Source »

...Green would not die, as Crockett dealt Harvard Co-Captain Bland a 6-2, 2-6, 7-5 loss. Freshman deLone gave the Crimson a little breathing room, however, with a 7-6 (7-1), 6-4 victory in the number-five singles match, spotting Harvard to a 4-3 lead...

Author: By Michael J. Lartigue, | Title: Netwomen Lick Green To Sit Atop Ivy Heap | 4/28/1988 | See Source »

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