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Word: knowed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...course, the whole commercialism of the holiday is pretty disgusting, too. Even ignoring the fact that Valentine's Day will cost any self-respecting boyfriend or girlfriend upwards of $30 (roses are expensive, you know), the thought of the K-Mart Valentine's Day sale seems about as appropriate as wearing a tie-die shirt to a funeral...

Author: By Jonathan S. Cohn, | Title: Of Valentine's Day and Cooties | 2/14/1989 | See Source »

...There, over there," says Baker. "That's a hen feather. It's easy to tell hens from gobblers. The gobblers are blacker and have beards. You need any toilet paper, let me know," he says, carefully producing about a dozen neatly folded sheets. "I never come out here without it. Amazing, isn't it, a real challenge...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Playing for the Edge | 2/13/1989 | See Source »

...know how he kills turkeys?" Barney McHenry, one of Baker's oldest friends, had said. "He pays good money to have someone load his feeders with , corn so he can lure them in. Then he shoots them while they're standing on the ground eating. Some sport...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Playing for the Edge | 2/13/1989 | See Source »

...human's. The trick is in getting them where you want them, on your terms. Then you control the situation, not them. You have the options. Pull the trigger or don't. It doesn't matter once you've got them where you want them. The important thing is knowing that it's in your hands, that you can do whatever you determine is in your interest to do. I don't know, though," he adds after a few seconds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Playing for the Edge | 2/13/1989 | See Source »

...surfaced, the "Building," as the Foreign Service calls its Washington headquarters, rejected the scheme out of hand. "Wrong thing to do," said Baker, who immediately ordered a more welcoming response. Telegraphing a willingness to consider the F.M.L.N.'s proposal had a twofold purpose: first, to let U.S. Latin allies know that the Bush Administration is taking a fresh look at Central America. Second, to signal to congressional opponents of the Reagan policy that Bush will consider any new option, no matter the origin. "Getting the edge, in Central America especially," says Baker, "requires a bipartisan approach, and that requires...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Playing for the Edge | 2/13/1989 | See Source »

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