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Word: necks (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Confederate souvenirs and most legal fireworks you gonna find anywhere"). In the distance are the pinball and the gas station and the tamale stand. And on one of the three "sweem" pools, this sign: "Pool for the use of hotel guests only. All others will be hanged by the neck until dead...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: 18 Hours South of the Border | 6/26/1981 | See Source »

Harryhausen's Medusa has a serpentine grandeur as she coils and strikes to avenge the wrongs men and the gods have done her. When Perseus finally severs her neck, cherry tapioca blood oozes out. And from the blood giant crabs and maggots form...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: For Eyes Only | 6/22/1981 | See Source »

...studied in the prison's law library, he was attacked from behind by three fellow cons, all of them black. The gang beat and stabbed Ray, 53, with a foot-long metal window brace. Doctors in nearby Oak Ridge found 22 wounds in Ray's head, neck and chest, but after an hour of surgery and 77 stitches he was out of danger. At week's end Ray was discharged from Oak Ridge hospital and transferred to Brushy Mountain Prison infirmary. The motive for the bloody assault is a mystery. "If they wanted to kill him, they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Attack on an Assassin | 6/15/1981 | See Source »

...horses headed into the home stretch, Summing would wait no longer. He burst into a four-length lead. Said Martens: "He just dragged me out front." When Pleasant Colony finally made his move, it was too little, too late. Highland Blade closed to finish second by a neck, and Pleasant Colony was fading as he came to the wire 1½ lengths behind the leader. Summing, who paid $17.80 to win, finished in 2 min. 29 sec., one of the slower times in the 113-year history of the Belmont...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: He Just Dragged Me Out Front. | 6/15/1981 | See Source »

...refused to write down his name but wrote down his badge number. Then, after Holt complained to Dottin about the patrolman's treatment of him earlier in the morning. Holt said Dottin handcuffed him. Holt added that Dottin, "twisted and ripped" the collar off his shirt by grabbing his neck...

Author: By Thomas H. Howlett, | Title: Harvard Student Arrested, Calls Policeman 'Abusive' | 6/3/1981 | See Source »

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