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Word: leathering (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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College students, mostly from elsewhere in the Boston area, were seated at both low and high tables on genuine imitation leather chairs. Brooke stared at the electronic message board, reading the red letters streaming across it. "Tyson accuses Givens of faking a pregnancy to lure him into marriage...

Author: By Brooke A. Masters, | Title: We Came, We Saw, We Drank | 10/28/1988 | See Source »

...river. It is the third such bust in as many days. As an ambulance takes the wounded man away, Laurel shakes his head. "I don't like it when the shooting starts," he says. "In the old days we just got poor campesinos from the interior with huaraches ((leather sandals)) on their feet. Now we are up against tough river rats. If I came across someone wearing huaraches these days, I think...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Journey Along the U.S.-Mexico Border | 10/24/1988 | See Source »

Tramping softly through the sandy West Texas soil in her paisley skirt and black leather heels, Pearl Ceasar looks more like the first-grade teacher she used to be than the nun-turned-troublemaker...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fighting For Water in the Colonias | 10/17/1988 | See Source »

...Zoomagazin pet shop at 22 Kuznetsky Most Street exudes a civilized calm. Near the entrance a red-and- gold sign proclaims that the public is welcome 24 hours a day. Two guards politely answer questions, and visitors can leaf through the neatly arranged newspapers while relaxing on comfortable brown leather sofas. This paragon of bureaucratic efficiency is the reception center of the Committee for State Security, better known by its initials...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Soviet Union Perestroika Hits the KGB | 10/17/1988 | See Source »

...Black men dressed in leather jackets stand outside Harry's Bar. A white man threw a ratty-looking carpet at the pair. "Don't throw that shit on me," one of the Black men retorts. Then, hand in hand, the pair walks down the street...

Author: By Seth A. Gitell, | Title: The Combat Zone: Cleaning Up Its Act? | 10/13/1988 | See Source »

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