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Word: patly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Meters--1. Keith Clemins, Princeton, 1:49.54; 2. Pat Swift, Yale, 1:50.25; 3. Mike Nerstheimer, Army...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: For the Record... | 5/4/1987 | See Source »

...show biz gimmickry, from stupid patter about Jim and Tammy Bakker to the vastly overrated spinning song wheel. This business detracted from the music itself--and for no apparent purpose. It is strange that someone like Costello, generally acknowledged as one of the greatest lyricists in music, resorts to pat jokes about the Beastie Boys, CNN News and Oliver North. It's almost as if he wants to start a second career as Jay Leno...

Author: By Jeff Chase, | Title: A Night of Brilliance and Mistakes | 5/4/1987 | See Source »

...double by Pakalnis in the first and asacrifice fly (by Konjoyan), a suicide squeezebunt (by Pat Sullivan), and an error in the sixthinning accounted for Harvard's four runs...

Author: By Dan Breiner, | Title: Harvard Bats Connect for Five Victories | 5/4/1987 | See Source »

Jerry Stiller, another actor known primarily for comedy, is equally impressive as the loudmouthed charlatan Dr. Tamkin, who dispenses folk wisdom between gulps of pot roast and watermelon. Joseph Wiseman is a bit too pat as the unfeeling father, but there are finely etched cameos from Katherine Borowitz, Tony Roberts, William Hickey and, particularly, Jo Van Fleet as a dowager who defiantly stares down Tommy while her dog urinates at his feet. (Bellow himself appears in a walk-through as a hotel guest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: Down And Out in Manhattan | 5/4/1987 | See Source »

...centers also use the lures of convenience and comfort. Clinics remain open in the evenings and on weekends; checkups are often booked for an hour instead of the usual 30 minutes. "Doctors shouldn't be able to pat themselves on the back for doing a Pap smear in seven minutes," says Dr. Janet Schwartz of Women's Health Centers. The three W.H.C. clinics in California take pains to ameliorate the two banes of the gynecological exam: icy stirrups on the examining table are covered by foot warmers and vaginal specula are warmed. The clinic at Georgia Baptist Medical Center...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health & Fitness: Total Care at the Ms. Mayo Clinics | 5/4/1987 | See Source »

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