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Word: motions (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...little change in his pre-swing motion, some batting practice in the Leverett House basement and "a lot of work in the off season" changed the 218 bitter of 1983 into the 333 bitter...

Author: By Mike Knobler, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: DiCesare, Batmen Best Holy Cross | 4/18/1984 | See Source »

...dealer in the movie industry, and Rabbit has come to "the city of angels" in search of money and power. They scheme to collaborate on a movie which will "drive people right off the deep end and leave them blithering in the aisles" But they never achieve this ultimate motion picture of the city seeps into their skin and devours them alive...

Author: By Ted Osius, | Title: Where 'Angel' Fears To Tread | 4/18/1984 | See Source »

...recent months, the nation has taken a few steps on the inland march. Some of them were merely tokens of motion, but considered together, they amount at least to an interesting procession of symbols. The first black American astronaut went into space. For the first time a black was crowned Miss America. Blacks now are the mayors of four of the largest American cities: Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia and Detroit. Congress proclaimed a national holiday to honor Martin Luther King Jr., and a conservative Republican President endorsed the idea...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: The powers of Racial Example | 4/16/1984 | See Source »

...using the word "poesy" for "poetry" here and there. Faced with the need to make lines like "Can you not re-weld the link you tore asunder?" and "Am I to hallmark your complacency?" sound natural, director Holly Swartz takes the logical strategy of stylizing the actors' motion and delivery to match the tone. This works in spots, but it cannot keep things moving for two and a half hours. The weight of verbiage is simply too great...

Author: By Amy E. Schwartz, | Title: Love's Verbosity | 4/10/1984 | See Source »

...spectacular walk to the satellite should take about ten minutes. The most breathtaking moment will occur when Nelson threads his way past Solar Max's 7-ft.-long solar panels, which are slicing through space like slow-motion helicopter blades (the satellite rotates once every 6 min.). If Nelson can dodge this orbital buzz saw without incident, he will try to halt Solar Max's spin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Space: Tinkering with Solar Max | 4/9/1984 | See Source »

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