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Word: llamas (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...other species located in the Love pit are still alive and well, even if not in Florida. The diggers, for example, identified the remains of tapirs, piglike animals that still roam the rain forests of South America and Malaysia, ancient beavers and squirrels, and even relatives of the Andean llama...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Florida: a Beastly Place | 8/3/1981 | See Source »

...look over the railing. Down near ringside someone has spilled beer on the man in front of him. Spilled beer all over the plaid jacket and the girlfriend's llama coat. The man in the plaid jacket is angry. He is shouting and brushing the beer off his jacket. He jabs his finger at the man with the beer in an expression of anger...

Author: By Paul A. Attanasio, | Title: La Nause'e In The Ring | 1/19/1981 | See Source »

...coyotes began sending a lone decoy to pull the llamas away from the sheep while the rest of the pack went in for the kill. After two months of the range war, the llamas just drifted off by themselves. Since their departure last spring, Lye has lost 32 sheep. Now Lye has a new plan: to raise a baby llama in a herd of sheep so that it will grow up fierce as a llama, but loyal as a lamb. And if that does not work? Says Lye: "I'm about ready to quit sheep growing and start raising...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Americana: Great Expectorations | 11/24/1980 | See Source »

...Francisco ($567) rank 15th and 16th. The cheapest of the cities surveyed is Lima, Peru ($265). A hotel room costs just $60 a night, four theater tickets run to $12 and cigarettes are only 69? a pack. The low cost might just attract more businessmen into the llama import trade...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: On the Road | 6/16/1980 | See Source »

...amusing scenes, as before mostly involving Artoo Detoo, Threepio and Chewbacca. Lucas' imagination once again lays out its bounty in a lavish and wonderful spread. The invention of Yoda alone would keep many film makers bragging for years. Lucas adds ice monsters, strange-looking beasts-half dinosaur, half llama-that can be ridden bareback, the city in the clouds, and at least one surprising twist of plot involving Luke and Darth Vader. Unfortunately, there are not enough of those other bubbles of fun and spontaneity that made Star Wars so memorable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Empire Strikes Back! | 5/19/1980 | See Source »

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