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Word: mud (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...done in the present case. President Reagan has admitted the mistakes, is willing to punish or replace those who have overstepped their bounds and has set changes in motion to restrict the power of the NSC. It is time now to begin to move on. Wallowing in the political mud of impeachment proceedings for the next 23 months would bring the nation to a standstill. Republicans and Democratics like realize that there are many problems that must be trackled--welfare reform, the deficit, and arms control to name a few. The editorial asks us to "endure the pain...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Rebound and Move On' | 3/16/1987 | See Source »

...problem is the matter of matter--fecal matter to be precise. The recent warm weather (anything would be warm compared to the arctic temps we had in early February) has caused much of the frozen tundra across the quad to melt. Melting snow obviously produces mud. But it uncovers something else, which is much harder to scrape off your shoes, and smells absolutely awful, whether you walk...

Author: By John Rosenthal, | Title: Whatâs Matter and What Matters | 3/10/1987 | See Source »

...problem is the matter of matter--fecal matter to be precise. The recent warm weather (anything would be warm compared to the arctic temps we had in early February) has caused much of the frozen tundra across the quad to melt. Melting snow obviously produces mud. But it uncovers something else, which is much harder to scrape off your shoes, and smells absolutely awful, whether you walk...

Author: By John Rosenthal, | Title: What’s Matter and What Matters | 3/10/1987 | See Source »

...inexhaustible source of sight gags. She shimmies it, twists it, upends it to reveal polka-dot bloomers. In 1978 at the London Palladium she flashed the front of it; at Harvard she exposed the rear. She has made a cottage industry of her buxom bosom. In the 1985 album Mud Will Be Flung Tonight, she confesses that she once consulted a postage scale to determine just how heavy her breasts were, and "I won't tell you how much they weigh, but it cost $87.50 to send 'em to Brazil. Third class...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bette Midler Steals Hollywood | 3/2/1987 | See Source »

Everyone enjoys a fast-paced role in the intellectual mud of double-entendres, ridiculous costumes and lyrics, but the humor last night was only occasional and uneven, relying on kielbasa jokes and references to T.V. sitcoms that failed to ignite the well-soused audience...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bye Bye, Bye Bye Verdi | 2/25/1987 | See Source »

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