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Word: necked (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...often during her heady days of power: "Revolution is no crime! To rebel is justified! Down with revisionism!" At the end of the trial, Jiang refused to leave the courtroom, seeming to want to drop limply to the floor. But she was finally grabbed by the scruff of her neck and expelled from the chamber by three bailiffs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China: Guilty Verdict: the Gang of Four | 2/2/1981 | See Source »

...John Kennedy's Inauguration: "Such as we were we gave ourselves outright/ . . . To the land vaguely realizing westward,/ But still unstoried, artless, un-enhanced." Kennedy answered: "The torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans." Ike huddled in his coat, white scarf up around his neck on that day. When the Inaugural was over, the defeated Richard Nixon slipped down the Senate steps of the Capitol front and disappeared into the dark back seat of a limousine, little realizing that he would return in eight years as President. And as Reagan prepared for his Inaugural, Nixon watched...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency by Hugh Sidey: A Moment of Special Glory | 1/26/1981 | See Source »

...uterus and then to the fallopian tubes, where conception occurs. The diaphragm is a thin rubber shield held in place against the vaginal wall by the tension of its springy rim. The cap is a thicker, thimble-shaped rubber or plastic cup that fits snugly around the neck of the uterus, the cervix, and is kept in place by suction. Both devices are used with spermicidal cream or jelly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Another Barrier to Pregnancy | 1/26/1981 | See Source »

Dear Ann Landers: I am 15 years old and my biggest problem is my mother. All she does is nag, nag, nag. From morning till night. It is, turn off the TV. Do your homework. Wash your neck. Stand up straight. Go clean up your room. How can I get her off my case? Pick, Pick, Pick

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: Homespun Zaps and Zingers | 1/19/1981 | See Source »

Dear Picky: Turn off the TV. Do your homework. Wash your neck. Stand up straight. Go clean up your room...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: Homespun Zaps and Zingers | 1/19/1981 | See Source »

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