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Word: manly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...what appears to be a rash of dormitory robberies, an unidentified man broke into a Weld Hall room between Thursday night and Friday morning, stealing several hundred dollars worth of cash, clothing and other articles, the residents said yesterday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Weld Residents Report Suite Robbery; Watch, Cash, Jacket, Coop Bag Missing | 9/25/1989 | See Source »

...fact, the authors say in their exhaustive--even tedious--catalogue of quotes, Charles Boyer never invited anyone to the Casbah. Sherlock Holmes never chided his sidekick with the words, "Elementary, my dear Watson." And Will Rogers never said he never met a man he didn't like...

Author: By Ross G. Forman, | Title: Bartlett's Book of Misquotations | 9/23/1989 | See Source »

Boyer's statement was a fabrication of his publicist, Holmes' a pure fabrication and Rogers an inaccuracy (What the comedian actually said, according to George and Boller, was, "I joked about every prominent man in my lifetime, but I never met one I didn't like...

Author: By Ross G. Forman, | Title: Bartlett's Book of Misquotations | 9/23/1989 | See Source »

...male ego--she should be immediately put in her place. How? Of course--deprecate her appearance! Call her not only ugly, but also give her the scarlet brand, the ultimate insult--call her "fat," as many did in response to her initial sarcastic dismissal of "Ollie," the prototypical Harvard Man--which is not only ludious, but is also illustrative of the attitude that appearance, and especially ideal body weight, is a key determinant of value in a woman...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Love Story? | 9/22/1989 | See Source »

...butt-kicking he-man would, Douglas takes the escape as a personal affront, and in the tired tradition of supercops Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Bruce Willis, he sets out on an unlikely mission to clear his name and whip every bad guy who ever crossed...

Author: By Kit Troyer, | Title: No Sunrise Over Tokyo | 9/22/1989 | See Source »

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