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Word: obvious (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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When you drive into this small Southern town, it's pretty obvious that you're entering Tiger territory--every 10 yards there is an orange pawprint painted on the road...

Author: By Jennifer M. Frey, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Paw-Mania | 12/5/1987 | See Source »

...area nicknamed "The Pit." On a given Friday night, more than 20 skins flock to The Pit. At first glance they look like any other fringe social group. Punks, metalheads, skins--one would think they're all the same, but, according to the skinheads, the differences are obvious...

Author: By Seth A. Gitell, | Title: Philosophy of The Pit: Skins Talk Straightedge | 12/3/1987 | See Source »

Asked to analyze what went wrong, the official said, "Look, it's obvious that we are in an end game" with the Soviets as the time for treaty-signing draws near...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Soviets Hand Over Data To Clear Summit Snag | 12/3/1987 | See Source »

...best thing about the book is the endless procession of anecdotes--some true, some apocryphal, and some obvious tall tales. Hear Bobby Riggs bitch and whine his way into psyching-out tennis champ Margaret Court. See Minnesota Fats make a winning pool shot a split-second before the floorboards buckle underneath him and he falls into his basement...

Author: By Paul R. Simms, | Title: An Antidote for Hard Work | 12/2/1987 | See Source »

...have a drinking problem. Everything in our increasingly narrow world, though, was a problem that required drinking: the wife, the kids, the boss, the government. In dingy watering holes from which everyone with a healthy life to lead had gone home, we conspired to overlook the obvious, that our bodily cells were addicted, and our minds were along for the ride...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Diary of A Drunk | 11/30/1987 | See Source »

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