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Word: loco (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...crisis lasted until the government met the rebels' demands and released former Air Force General Frank Vargas Pazos, known by the nickname Loco, who was jailed last March after leading a failed rebellion. Febres Cordero and the Defense Minister were released when Vargas arrived in a special government plane. Febres Cordero said he would not punish "those armed elements that took part in this action...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ecuador: Loco Has His Way | 1/26/1987 | See Source »

Under the previous system, the University had allowed students of all ages to drink at in-house parties under the supervision of house masters and freshman advisors who acted in loco parentis for those not quite old enough to drink legally. However no campuswide party had been allowed to serve liquor...

Author: By James E. Schwartz, | Title: On the Rocks | 6/5/1986 | See Source »

...lapse photography and a Phil Glass soundtrack to show the natural growth of a plot of land and the literally synthetic growth of a plot of urbanity. The director's bias is not hard to guess. At times; the city footage looks like a Jarvik 7 artificial heart going loco and devouring human beings, or, to be more definitive, New Yorkers...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: You Can't Fool Mother Nature | 11/14/1985 | See Source »

...party's over. The days of drinking are done. For years Harvard operated under the theory of in loco parents; your House Master could allow you to have beer just like Mom or Dad could. Now, with the drinking age being raised to 21, Harvard has gotten scared. The new legal limit encompassed a lot more students than the old legal limit. Harvard, instead of waiting to see if in loco parentis could hold up in court, has decided to enforce the new drinking...

Author: By Chris Farley, | Title: Slide Us Into Dry | 10/17/1985 | See Source »

...great woman--she pays for school, books, trips, con traceptives, the phone bill, and my car. But she has a drinking problem, and I don't want to see her drink alone. I heard that she can give me drinks in my room because it's in loco parentis, but there's a problem...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dull the Pain | 10/15/1985 | See Source »

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