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Word: ola (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...stealer in a rock video touting a previous hit, The Jewel of the Nile? Or as the voice of the sweet-souled Grundle King in the cartoon feature My Little Pony? Or as a bustling writer, director and producer? Sure: Danny DeVito as a trash- compacted Stallone-Springsteen-Copp ola. And he is cute...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Tinseltown's Tiny Terror | 7/21/1986 | See Source »

...recite the immortal refrain from Tutti Frutti (for the record, that's "Awop-Bop-a-Loo-Mop/ Alop-Bam-Boom"), the reader, reeling, will have plunged through Richard's accounts of childhood pranks (he defecated in a box and presented the result, gift wrapped, to old Miz Ola down on Macon's Monroe Street) and sexual initiation, which seems to have taken place about the time he learned to tie his shoes. There was Ruth May Sutton, who "used to be there in the school grounds at night, and the guys would run trains...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Dancing in the Outer Darkness | 9/10/1984 | See Source »

...week when Sweden charged that the Soviet submarine that ran aground in Swedish waters on Oct. 27 was probably carrying nuclear weapons. For the Soviets, who have been pushing hard for a Nordic nuclear free zone, the incident was an embarrassing blow to their peace offensive. Swedish Foreign Minister Ola Ullsten declared the affair "a frightening reminder of how close we are to the precipice, how great the risk is for a nuclear...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Soviet Union: Moscow's Aim: Split NATO | 11/16/1981 | See Source »

...leave his ship, even when entreated by two Soviet diplomats. The Swedes settled in for a possible siege, as Gushin awaited orders from his naval superiors. Although Soviet Ambassador Mikhail Yakovlev took what Swedish officials described as the "very unusual" step of apologizing for the incident, Foreign Minister Ola Ullsten later declared, "Of course that's not enough. We have to complete the interrogation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sweden: Life Follows Art | 11/9/1981 | See Source »

...letters O.K. derive from the Greek words ola kala, which mean all is fine or everything is good. The initials, which were used by early Greek sailors, were soon picked up by many foreign navigators and became international...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Mar. 2, 1981 | 3/2/1981 | See Source »

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