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Word: hmm (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...concert set. By the bed is a TV buzzing with static; Waits harrumphs and coughs, scratches himself, sits on the bed to shave his neck, then, curious, points his electric shaver at the set and hits the button: zap, the fuzz snaps for a second to Waits furiously singing. Hmm. He hits the shaver again--Waits in a Lone Ranger mask. Again--Waits in a satin white jacket. Chuckling, he turns away, pulls a sheet over his boots and jeans, and falls asleep. The TV fritzes again, as it does between scenes through out the movie, and we're with...

Author: By John P. Thompson, | Title: Tom Waits: Making it Big | 9/23/1988 | See Source »

...mused, that the conductor would invoke the legendary rebel turned emperor of the Ch'in dynasty through whom the Kings of Hell reported their doings to heaven. Just to be sure, I asked a fellow straphanger what our Charon of the Underworld had said. "Forty-second next," he answered. Hmm...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: The Gods Are Crazy | 7/18/1988 | See Source »

...dragon of Olympic mediocrity: "We should go after ((excellence)) and spare no expense." So with baseball an exhibition sport this summer in Seoul, would Owner Steinbrenner donate an ace Yankee hurler during the pennant stretch for the sake of national glory? Sure -- "if the other owners did." Pause. Hmm. Well . . . "You wouldn't want to give up your star players. Maybe somebody from Triple...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Olympics: In the Aftermath, Grousing About the U.S. | 3/7/1988 | See Source »

...Hmm," mused Harvard Coach Nita Lamborghini, "we need some offense...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: Aiming a Loaded Gun at an Elusive Target: A First Ivy Title | 9/21/1987 | See Source »

...agreement. An older fellow, Philip Finn, who was on vacation from Plains, Pa., was also awed, but confided to me, "What I'm interested in watching is whether he keeps it off." So am I. Then again, I wonder if Remar will become too thin, too rich, too famous? Hmm, Mom, any advice on how I can persuade the editors to send me back down here for a follow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health & Fitness: The Rebuilding of Remar Sutton | 4/6/1987 | See Source »

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