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Word: patters (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Mystery Science Theater 3000 (Comedy Channel). While we watch campy old movies (Rocketship X-M; The Corpse Vanishes), three outer-space wisecrackers provide tongue-in-cheek patter from the front row. This goofy stunt, first cooked up for a Minneapolis UHF station, is funnier than it has any right...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Best of '90: TV | 12/31/1990 | See Source »

There were no jokes, no patter in the three long-distance hookups. "It's more serious, but very open, agreeable," says Bush. And private. "Part of the reason for phone calls is that you build a relationship that is confidential, where you can speak freely ((and)) frankly discuss differences," he says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: Getting Gorby on the Line | 4/9/1990 | See Source »

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