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Word: okay (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...trudge across Lafayette Square giving the anatomy of Andrew Jackson's rampant bronze horse an insult or two, then pull up in the club dining room and on evil days have a martini, maybe two. About then our natural leader, Peter Lisagor of the Chicago Daily News, would shout, "Okay, boys, let's cut 'em up." There followed golden hours of bombast, insult, vituperation and disparagement aimed at Presidents, editors, academics, clergymen, members of Congress and little old ladies in tennis shoes. Osborne, the courtly Southerner, was heard on somber occasions to say "darn." Thus cleansed, we returned to duty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: How I Made the Enemies List | 6/8/1987 | See Source »

WHEN I was six, I learned that it is wrong to do something bad. When I was 14, I learned that it's okay to do something wrong, as long as you don't get caught. Recently I learned from the Senate that it's okay to do something wrong and it's okay to get caught, as long as the prosecutors think you have someone else to incriminate...

Author: By David S. Graham, | Title: Coddling Crooks, Missile Envy | 5/22/1987 | See Source »

...Okay," she says, "I have the sheet here from our first game against the New Jersey Jammers. Okay, under `F-G' he has a `zero,' and under `F-G-A' there's a `one.' Do you know what all those stand...

Author: By Jonathan Putnam, | Title: Soaring to a Professional Career | 5/22/1987 | See Source »

...Okay, he's got a `zero' under `F-T' and `F-T-A' as well, and a `zero' by the `A' and the `R'," she continues...

Author: By Jonathan Putnam, | Title: Soaring to a Professional Career | 5/22/1987 | See Source »

Russell, who qualified for the national championships in the hammer throw last month, finished second in that event with a heave of 196 feet. "It was okay for second place," Russell said...

Author: By Colin F. Boyle, | Title: Thinclads Stumble In Heptagonal Meet | 5/4/1987 | See Source »

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