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Word: misted (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Usage:

...their skin these days, but nobody likes to handle greasy, gritty suntan-lotion bottles. One entrepreneur's answer is Sun Center, a vending machine that dispenses tanning oil with a spray applicator. A customer activates the spritzer by depositing 50 cents. A hand-held nozzle then emits a light mist for 40 seconds, generally enough to cover those hard-to-reach places...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: VENDING MACHINES: Puttin' on The Spritz | 5/1/1989 | See Source »

...Tower battle are riveting, but they distract from far more universal questions about the conduct of public officials. The reason ethics in Government seems so tiresome is that the goal has become obscured in a legalistic fog of disclosure requirements, recusations and blind trusts. Lost in the mist are commonsense standards for integrity in Government like these...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Drawing The Line | 3/13/1989 | See Source »

Actress Sigourney Weaver claimed a rare Oscar double nomination for best actress for Gorillas in the Mist: The Adventure of Dian Fossey and best supporting actress for Working Girl...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: `Rain Man' Nabs Eight Oscar Nominations | 2/16/1989 | See Source »

Other multiple nominees included Gorillas in the Mist, with five and The Accidental Tourist and Die Hard with four nominations each...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: `Rain Man' Nabs Eight Oscar Nominations | 2/16/1989 | See Source »

...thumped out across the bay, our wake rocking lobster buoys which spread out around us as far as we could see. On the horizon rose up the two towers of the Eyes of Cape Ann; below them, in the early light, the island looked like a smear of mist...

Author: By John P. Thompson, | Title: Saving Beacons of History | 10/20/1988 | See Source »

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