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Word: grime (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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After an afternoon of sweat and grime Harvard's athletes like to settle down to a trayful of Harvard food, but in the past many Quad-bound athletes have been unable to reach their house dining halls in time for dinner...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Running to the Quad | 11/1/1985 | See Source »

...Susan's few emotional supports. Sting's cameo as a London prole whom Susan selects to father her a child out of wedlock is well worth the price of admission. With his mean, hungry good locks, the King of Rock fits right in against the gray backround of urban grime and poverty, swaggering through the streets with all the rights of ownership...

Author: By Cristina V. Coletta, | Title: Hare's 'Plenty' Promises, But Comes Up Empty | 9/27/1985 | See Source »

Once a loud, murky place of grime and steam, like Monet's Gare SaintLazare, the cleaned-up St. Louis train shed has had a shopping mall and a new six- story hotel tucked inside. It is the architectural equivalent of the boat in the bottle, but the trick satisfies. The owners might have built a high- rise; fortunately, they deferred to the steel ceiling and let the architects, Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum, spread the new buildings out. Planes and walls jag fetchingly, as in real cities. Rounding a corner or descending a stair, / there are architectural surprises. Store names...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Design: New Gilded Age Grandeur | 9/2/1985 | See Source »

...their humorous roles. Kerrick Johnson, who plays the punchy and sarcastic Collie Couch, speaks to the audience occassionally to mention gossip about absurdities in the other characters. And Pauls Raudseps, as the happy-go-lucky Pat Mankey, in his few lines is often a comic relief from the grime trials of the other characters...

Author: By Charles C. Matthews, | Title: A Precious Commodity | 7/30/1985 | See Source »

...will show mostly American first-runs this summer. And if you're willing to trek into Boston for a movie then you probably wouldn't mind heading up to the Somerville Theater (55 Davis Sq.). One of Boston's oldest moviehouses, the Somerville has an ambiance of chic grime. But don't miss this house that looks like it could easily be revamped into a punk palace. It's got pink walls and even a real balcony. The Killing Fields and Clockwork Orange will fill the screens several times this summer, and a rock series will make its way into...

Author: By Charles C. Matthews, | Title: Entertainment is Up When the Lights are Down | 6/23/1985 | See Source »

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