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Word: overly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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"What we saw a lot of this year were a number of private parties which were spilling out into the hallways, making themselves public," explains Epps. "Subsequently, as the police got complaints about noise, they went over and on a few occasions found people drinking who appeared to be underage...

Author: By Madhavi Sunder, | Title: A Crackdown on Drinking? | 10/27/1989 | See Source »

In the past, some college officials have suggested experimentation with alcohol is an unavoidable "maturation rite," Johnson says. Adherents of this view cite surveys tracking college classes over a four-year period, which suggest that although students tend to drink excessively during their first years, consumption decreases by their senior...

Author: By Madhavi Sunder, | Title: A Crackdown on Drinking? | 10/27/1989 | See Source »

All of this sophisticated maneuvering and teasing creates a sexy atmosphere. The love scenes are done with suggestive fade-outs and oblique, not quite discernable, soft-focus close-ups that are more erotic than today's obligatory nudity; they reveal the source of some of the original furor over the...

Author: By Mark D. Payson, | Title: Dangerous Name of the Game | 10/27/1989 | See Source »

For now, this possibility remains only that. But it suggests some troubling questions. Why did Giroldi refuse to turn Noriega over to the Americans? Why was the only communication between the conspirators and the U.S. through the wife of one of the plotters? And most importantly, should the U.S. have...

Author: By Adam L. Berger, | Title: Nosing Away From Panama | 10/26/1989 | See Source »

Wife Nancy continues to make Leona Helmsley seem as good-natured as your Aunt Libby. My Turn, the long awaited tell-nothing autobiography of the woman who "shared a bed with the President" is finally being released. Thank God. I'll need something to tide me over between Roseanne Barr...

Author: By Juliette N. Kayyem, | Title: Reagan II: He's Back | 10/26/1989 | See Source »

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