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Word: nicely (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Certainly, it was a nice touch of revenge, considering that the Elis Knocked off the Crimson, 3-2, in both squads season opener...

Author: By Jessic A Dormas, | Title: Icewomen Smash Elis; Elis Smash Icemen | 2/2/1985 | See Source »

...young in America. But Tuff Turf reaches a new nadir of gratuitous violence masquerading as moral message. What makes this especially curious is the true lack (in the first part of the movie, at least) of overt sex. The film really does try to convey a feeling of "nice guys finish first" while attempting to retain a real-world grounding...

Author: By Paul W. Green, | Title: Ruffed Up Tuff | 2/1/1985 | See Source »

While one victory would be nice, and two would be pleasant, three out of three would be a miracle...

Author: By Jeffrey A. Zucker, | Title: While We Were Away... | 1/30/1985 | See Source »

...cost of such humanization can be considerable: for example, a very nice but unexceptional Patek from the 1930s may start at $1,700. Fanatics point out that newer models are not only much more costly (the least expensive contemporary gold Patek retails in the neighborhood of $3,950) but, as a rule, are much less interestingly styled. "I respect the old watches for design, form and their personality and character," says Unger. "They all have individuality, just like the people who choose them." They can also have repair problems. Unger, like many other dealers, gives a year's guarantee...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Seems Like Old Time | 1/28/1985 | See Source »

...Nice young men from good families, Chris Boyce and Daulton Lee had known each other since their days as altar boys in a decorous Los Angeles suburb. At 21, Chris, an expert falconer, got a job at TRW, the aerospace and electronics behemoth. Within a few months, after a cursory security check and at a weekly salary of $140, he was helping monitor some of the CIA's most embarrassing top secrets, including dirty tricks directed against Australia's Labor government. By this time Daulton was an important man in his own right, in his own eyes: he had established...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The Hardy Boys Turn Traitor the Falcon and the Snowman | 1/28/1985 | See Source »

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