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Word: headrest (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Dave hit the brakes. Adam's head hit the headrest. Dave was unhappy with our attitude towards his quest. The quest, the quest, what was the quest? College degeneracy with a time warp twist, boy meets blind date, meets his past, meets his maker. No, not his maker, but a girl. A mystery girl, a girl who had for Dave the body, mind, and allure of a fourth grade flame, but the voice of a Smith coed. No, not coed, couldn't be a coed in an all girl's school...

Author: By John P. Thompson, | Title: Fourth Grade Blue | 4/30/1987 | See Source »

...think like an engineer. After much trial and error, he arrived at a design that suspends the chair on a central axis that pivots much as the body does at the waist and hips. The pivoting motion is controlled by a gas-cylinder mechanism activated from the armrest. The headrest supports the neck at the underside of the cranium. The elbows repose without being pushed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Design: A Chair with All the Angles | 8/20/1984 | See Source »

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