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Word: hops (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...play, a condemnation of the apathetic "frogs" who are content to "let well enough alone." Yet her lyrical voice cases this speech onto the audience as the chorus slowly dances and pantomines around her. At other times the frog-chorus is strictly comic, as when the twelve hop around, individualized by bits of clothing as diverse as sun visors and knitted mufflers...

Author: By Clea Simon, | Title: Frogs on Exhibit | 4/20/1982 | See Source »

...moves to and captures the complicated concept of one person's relation to a crowd of strangers. Other prose poems similarly sneak as if unintentionally from the simple to the complex. Free of the poetic structure that would hold the ideas and images to a central thread. Wright can hop from one to the next on the strength of association...

Author: By Naomi L. Pierce, | Title: Savoring the Sunset | 4/20/1982 | See Source »

Smerczynski tried, but a bloop single fell between shortstop Tony DiCesare and center fielder Bruce Weller, and after Steinhauser stole second, Dean Tanella's bad-hop base hit proved to be the ball game...

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, | Title: Crimson Stumbles, Falls in Opening Weekend | 4/19/1982 | See Source »

...taco and lemonade stand. The tacos here were cheap and tasty, but I have never been able to buy lemonade on the street since I saw Harpo Marx (in Duck Soup) hop into a vendor's tank of lemonade and jog in place until the police came...

Author: By Michael W. Miller, | Title: Sixth Avenue, On the Greasy Side | 3/9/1982 | See Source »

...think a phase of Ivy swimming is passing," Captain Maureen Guildea said last night, adding that "before, anybody could hop in the pool and swim at a championship meet. Now, everything will be much more intense...

Author: By Barak Goodman, | Title: Aquawomen Nab 3rd at Ivies | 2/22/1982 | See Source »

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