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Word: necks (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...clearing up. To stage center stepped Dr. Dennis O'Leary of George Washington University Hospital, a gentle, cool customer, another instant media star. Secret Service Agent Timothy J. McCarthy was hit in the stomach, but doing well. D.C. Policeman Thomas K. Delahanty was hit in the shoulder and neck; his condition was stable. A .22-cal. bullet passed through Jim Brady's brain. And the President? He became his chest for the moment: the bullet entered here, bounced off this, settled in that. There was "oxygenation" and a "thoracotomy" and some "peritoneal lavage" to boot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Sense of Where We Are | 4/13/1981 | See Source »

Eddie's interest in "protecting the swimmers from the neck up" is reflected in the structure and variety of his practices. "I haven't repeated a workout in 16 years," he says. "I figure if I'm bored giving the workout, then the guys got bored half an hour earlier...

Author: By Caroline R. Adams, | Title: Two Sides of the Same Coin | 4/8/1981 | See Source »

...meet's more exciting races. Dariene Beckford pulled out a neck-to-neck battle to cop a first in the mile, finishing in 5:08. "It was so exciting because the pace started out slow because of the wind and then picked up," Rogers said yesterday. Marry took third with a time of 5:10. Harvard's two mile relay team of Rogers, Martha Clabby, Hedithy and Ashley followed suit by cruising to victory with little problem...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Women's Track Garners Second Place In Three-Team Contest at UMass | 4/6/1981 | See Source »

...jaunty stranger claims to be looking for a man who owes him money. But after some verbal sparring, he wrenches her to the floor by her hair and clamps a pillow to her face. Using the threat of suffocation, Raul systematically degrades Marjorie: "Touch my hair. My mouth. My neck . . . Now touch me down there and say you wanna make love!" At the last moment, she makes a desperate lunge for an aerosol can and sprays it in Raul's eyes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Kentucky Derby | 4/6/1981 | See Source »

Take Love Story, Bobo Holloman's nohitter, or Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose. Each set a hard act to follow with initial success. Each fell on its face trying to follow it. With the whole world breathing down your neck and the gallery screaming for your head, the pressure can make all but the strongest crumble like a Famous Amos in the vise of an angry Sumo wrestler...

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, | Title: Harvard Baseball: Can A Young Team Repeat? | 4/3/1981 | See Source »

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