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Word: jinglees (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Some, though, stuck to more harmless displays of spirit. A group of Weld residents chanted the choruses of "Jingle Bells" and "Row, Row, Row Your Boat."

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Frosh War Explodes in Yard | 9/29/1987 | See Source »

In the 1950s, at the peak of its financial might, Texaco was the most profitable oil company in the U.S. and one of the best known. Millions of Americans watched the Texaco Star Theater television show, featuring Milton Berle, and a decade later any child could sing the jingle "You...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: From Spindletop to Saudi Arabia | 4/20/1987 | See Source »

The interim conclusion is that while the world around him has changed, Ronald Reagan remains the same. Over Christmas he wore a necktie that played Jingle Bells when he pressed a tiny switch. He's brought in one of his old word wizards, Ken Khachigian, to help sculpt his State...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: Toting a New Magic Wand | 1/26/1987 | See Source »

As the Yuletide season gets under way, shoppers from Bonn to Boston to Buenos Aires can already hear carols resounding through stores. Some salesclerks, however, may find the ceaseless piped-in tunes too much of a good thing. In Linz, Austria, suffering department-store workers have sought their union's...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Austria: A Cacophony of Carols | 12/1/1986 | See Source »

I can easily imagine the authors of this handy little book singing a little jingle in the shower most every morning: "Mm-mm bad, mm-mm bad, that's what most fast-food is, mm-mm bad." They're right. Considering how much of the drek we eat every year...

Author: By Steve Lichtman, | Title: Where to Find the Beef | 10/25/1986 | See Source »

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