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Word: niagra (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...weather's nice. And it does have a beach. And it's the foremost center of post-Niagra Falls schlock entertainment. There Falls schlock entertainment. There are about a zillion malls, movie theaters, race tracks, jai-alai frontons, bowling alleys, and combination mini-golf/go-cart/water-slide/batting cage/driving range/video arcade pleasure-mass-production-extravaganzas--plenty to keep one occupied for two weeks. And Grandma does have cable. And there are enough hot young high school-age granddaughters crisping themselves to perfection under the sultry Florida sun to keep you going back to the pool even though your feel the bridge of your...

Author: By Eric A. Morris, | Title: Where Old People Bake Their Brains | 1/22/1988 | See Source »

Championship eights-women--1, Boston Rowing Club, 16:18.30; 2, Wisconsin University; 3, South Niagra Rowing Club...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 22nd Head of the Charles Results | 10/20/1986 | See Source »

Meanwhile, Clark and Lois are sounding each other out like a pair of high school sophomores at a kitschy Niagra Falls motel. Overwhelmed by his own super-human passion, the man with x-ray vision gives in to his partner's advances. There's only one catch--as a home movie of Supermom reminds her son later that evening--you can't mess with the locals and keep your Kryptonian powers. Don't be too quick to criticize, though; if you saw Margot Kidder in a bathrobe, you too might forget about the dire state of world affairs...

Author: By Paul M. Barrett, | Title: Look! In the Motel! It's... | 6/30/1981 | See Source »

...Eastern League's brightest prospects is Holyoke's 19-year-old shortstop Gustavo Polidor, a Venezuelan who speaks no English. The Millers lost his services for a night when he and the team crossed into Canada for a tour of Niagra Falls during a stay in Buffalo. At the end of the excursion, the squad passed through customs--except for Polidor, who didn't have his passport. The shortstop was detained at the border while team officials frantically tried to send the papers north. Polidor was finally released after spending the night because the border police had no idea what...

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, | Title: Looks Like A Strike | 5/22/1981 | See Source »

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