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Word: nosedives (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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It also has a reputation for hard-nosed competition in listing. Fifteen years ago, only about 75 people had seen 600 birds in North America. Now more than 500 have topped that figure, and 75 have seen 700. James Vardaman, a forest-management executive from Jackson, Miss., spent $45,000...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: All That Jizz | 5/25/1987 | See Source »

EVERYBODY HAS his brush with greatness. I guess I've been blessed to have had a few more than my share. Maybe it's luck, pure and simple. Maybe it's some sort of crazy sixth sense. I like to think that the hard-nosed reporter in me just seeks...

Author: By Eric A. Morris, | Title: The Stars Juast Seem to Like Me: | 5/1/1987 | See Source »

A hard-nosed run by flanker Dave Beardsley closed out the scoring with five minutes remaining. Columbia won the ball in a scrummage situation, but misplayed it, leaving the ball on the ground. Beardsley alertly snatched the ball, rambled through three Lion defenders and carried two others into the end...

Author: By Casey J. Lartigue jr., SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Ruggers Fall in Mud | 4/20/1987 | See Source »

Did Albert see Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer flutter down and perch behind the Crimson net?

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Two Cents Wurf | 2/10/1987 | See Source »

On Monday Buchanan attended the President's weekly policy lunch. Usually Buchanan tries to get there early so he can grab the seat right across from Reagan, the better to exchange some banter and eye contact. But this time he was late and had to sit at the end. "I...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Making It Us Vs. Them | 12/22/1986 | See Source »

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