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Word: misses (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Jimmy. From the start, narcotics agents doubted that any drug dealer would provide costly heroin to a talkative youngster who might tip off teachers and friends. After three weeks and thousands of man-hours, the search was called off. Says Barry: "I was very firm in my conviction that Miss Cooke's article was part myth, part reality...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: A Fraud in the Pulitzers | 4/27/1981 | See Source »

...runs out of middle-class icons to desecrate. But for any suitably depraved moviegoer, it offers as many honest laughs as Airplane! It's a vision of Baltimore that H.L. Mencken might have loved. As the polyester queen, Divine is woman enough for two-a fleshly-fantasy Miss Piggy. And in one sense, Waters' picture is unique: it's as if you'd never smelled a movie before...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Lights! Camera! Pittsburgh! | 4/27/1981 | See Source »

...hard shooting. His stick handling is the best in the N.H.L. He often plays keep-away against muscle teams like Boston or St. Louis. He is too fast to be slashed and high-sticked by hockey's ever present goon squads. "Some guys hit me, but guys miss a lot too," he laughs. Gretzky also plays hockey the way a grand master envisions chess. He anticipates passes and patterns that develop seconds later. Gretzky's only weakness is defense: he sometimes forgets it exists. Says Sather: "I have to remind him now and then...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Hockey's Great Gretzky | 4/27/1981 | See Source »

...Father Egbert Delaney believes that Satan is a woman. He told me as much and I think be ought to be made to resign. It's an insult to women," Miss Young says...

Author: By Sarah L. Bingham, | Title: Intent to Sparkle | 4/25/1981 | See Source »

...Crimson nine's only weakness lies in its academic strength. Several key players--including first baseman Marlene Schools, recipient of All-Ivy honors at last year's tournament--must attend Rotary scholarship interviews and will miss part or all of the competition...

Author: By Gwen Knapp, | Title: Ivy Softball Tournament Opens Today | 4/25/1981 | See Source »

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