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Word: nods (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...confidently to convey the impression that he was in charge. Meeting with the largest group of world leaders to converge upon Moscow in Soviet history, Andropov behaved with the consummate skill of an experienced statesman, stressing old alliances and signaling new approaches with a judicious handshake, a perfunctory nod or a quiet invitation for future talk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Soviet Union: The Andropov Era Begins | 11/29/1982 | See Source »

...stop nodding in agreement and just nod off completely instead...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Simple Pleasures | 11/4/1982 | See Source »

RUNNING FOR the Republican presidential nomination early in 1968. Michigan Gov. George Romney did himself in when he admitted he had been "brainwashed" into supporting the Vietnam War. Seeking the Democratic nod for the Oval Office four years later, Maine Sen Edmond S. Muskie permanently crippled his front-running campaign when he publicly wept in response to spurious charges about his wife leveled by the tasteless Manchester Union Leader...

Author: By Paul A. Engelmayer, | Title: Of Wimps and Toughs | 11/2/1982 | See Source »

...Kiddies don't have to pray!" protest the bill's sponsors. The silent moment is "to be used solely at the discretion of the individual student," assures the legislation in a clever but unsatisfactory nod to the First Amendment...

Author: By Paul M. Barren, | Title: A Prayer By Any Other Name | 10/25/1982 | See Source »

Today's fourth game int he best-of-seven series starts at 1:30 p.m. in Milwaukee. Dave LaPoint will start for the Brewers, while Moose Haas gets the nod for St. Louis...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cardinals Top Brewers, 6-2; McGee Ties Homer Mark | 10/16/1982 | See Source »

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