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Word: necks (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...while fending off New York Republican Congressman Jack Kemp and other unbending advocates of supply-side economics. Dole also bucked the opposition of Republican stalwarts in the said and financial communities. "If you want to be a leader," Dole said last week, "you must be willing to stick your neck...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Quips, Power and Persuasion | 8/2/1982 | See Source »

...wolflike beard and the satanic eyes glared at you from a billboard on the outskirts of Basra. Instantly recognizable, the caricature of Khomeini has a bold red X painted over the face, as if to hold back the hated enemy. Says the Arabic writing scrawled across the neck: "Khomeini, scourge of the Muslim world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Massacre at Fish Lake | 8/2/1982 | See Source »

PERHAPS it was the provocative tilt of her head, or the perfect pouting lips. Her lovely oval eyes were large and not quite innocent. Smooth skin, smooth, elegant neck, all framed by soft auburn hair. Something--no, actually everything--about Catherine Oxenberg made a guy gulp for air or punch his roommate in frustration...

Author: By Paul M. Barrell, | Title: Pictures of Catherine | 7/9/1982 | See Source »

...think it's dead batteries above the neck," he says petulantly. "Just look at the facts. Course loads are lighter, grades are more inflated, and yet fewer and fewer students are able to finish in four years...

Author: By Charles R. Burress, | Title: The Problem With Us | 7/6/1982 | See Source »

...bullet into the stomach of Secret Service Agent Timothy McCarthy. ". . . On count seven, not guilty by reason of insanity." For the bullet that tore through the brain of James Brady, the once ebullient press secretary. ". . . On count ten, not guilty by reason of insanity." For the bullet into the neck of Police Officer Thomas Delahanty. Judge Parker's voice, usually calm and assured, began to quaver. ". . . On count twelve, not guilty by reason of insanity"-for the illegal possession of the handgun bought for $47 in a Dallas pawnshop. And finally, for using that gun in a federal crime...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Insane on All Counts | 7/5/1982 | See Source »

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