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Word: jacked (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...than the winning; the shiny faces of Jesse Orosco, Gary Carter and Knight are too vivid. But losing can be compelling too, when Boston is in form. Late after the final game, a bottle flew out of the night. Players being expendable by then, it naturally caught Traveling Secretary Jack Rogers on the bean. He led them home in an ambulance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Only So Much Excitement | 11/10/1986 | See Source »

...under-siege scenario. In one instance, a suspected drug dealer shot an acquaintance who was after his stash, according to authorities, and in two others, jealous lovers killed rivals. "What it boils down to is that any crime committed in a dwelling will be almost impossible to prosecute," complains Jack Byron, an assistant district attorney in Golden...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Trouble with Fighting Back | 11/10/1986 | See Source »

Guitarist Jason Threlfall opened the concert with a musical tribute to a homeless man named Eddie. Mime and jack-of-all-trades Robert Salafia introduced the performers and offered rubber clown noses to those who contributed a dollar or more...

Author: By Martha A. Bridegam, | Title: Street Musicians Perform In Benefit for Homeless | 11/8/1986 | See Source »

...purpose of the book is to provide a critique and analysis of the University and to offer strategies for the University's transformation," said the book's editor, Jack Trumpbour, a third-year history graduate student...

Author: By Joseph C. Tedeschi, | Title: Amid 350th Pomp, Students to Publish Book Criticizing Harvard Traditions | 11/7/1986 | See Source »

Summing up his philosophy--perhaps "approach" would be a better word--Avildsen observed "There are only so many stories. Some people say there are only two stories, 'Jack and the Bean-stalk' and 'Cinderella."' Which kind does the blockbuster filmmaker and Academy Award winner favor? "Stories that don't cost a lot of money to do." In the trillion-dollar age of the imperial Spielbergian director, it's understandable why Avildsen remains one of the business's favorite practitioners...

Author: By Jess M. Bravin, | Title: John Avildsen: | 11/7/1986 | See Source »

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