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Word: oles (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...blare That's Entertainment, and the giant screen flashes the words LIVE FROM MADISON SQUARE GARDEN: WRESTLEMANIA. The magic moment has arrived. And so, for the moment, has the bastard sport of pro wrestling. From glittery Manhattan (where some aficionados were offering $200 for a good seat) to good-ole-boy Kissimmee, in closed-circuit auditoriums in the U.S. and 26 foreign countries, wrestling fans of all collars are savoring the triumph of hype, hell raising and Hulk Hogan. They made America; let's buy all three...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Hype! Hell Raising! Hulk Hogan! | 4/15/1985 | See Source »

...last cowboys left in Texas," Dinh is told by Shang's lady friend Glory (Amy Madigan), who finds her loyalties stretched tight. There is no easy, noble way out of this dilemma. No one can win. No one is wrong until things turn violent, when the good ole boys put on T shirts reading SECRET MEMBER, KU KLUX KLAN and try to blow these new boat people out of the water. It is as if both sides were waging a stupid, losing war all over again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: An Immigrant Tragedy in Texas Alamo Bay | 4/8/1985 | See Source »

...planned. When he found that the announcement had gone, Pickens jubilantly turned to a passenger and announced: "Well, it's public knowledge now. We're the biggest shareholders in Unocal." The master takeover tactician combines down-home shrewdness with boardroom savvy. While his talk is rich in good-ole-boy phrases like "that dog won't hunt" or "it's better than a poke in the eye with a stick," Pickens is every inch the businessman. In place of the pointed boots and Stetson hats that many independent oilmen wear, he favors sober gray suits, button-down shirts and striped...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: High Times for T. Boone Pickens | 3/4/1985 | See Source »

...live in Everglades City and Miami Beach, his current home. His South is not the storied region of literary tradition. There is a theme-park quality to Florida's past. Ponce de Leon's fountain of youth and apocryphal pirates are turned into roadside attractions. For good- ole-boy authenticity, Rothchild heads past the subdivisions and tourist snares until the signs read BEER, AMMO and WORMS...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Sunstrokes Up for Grabs By John Rothchild | 3/4/1985 | See Source »

Anyone know who's on ole UAF's schedule...

Author: By Nick Wurf, | Title: Chalmers In, Bourbeau Out... Probably | 1/25/1985 | See Source »

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