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Word: pawning (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...with the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera, Gaddafi called the Soviet Union a "friend" and the U.S. a "devil." Said he: "America does not have friends, but only slaves. We refuse to accept slavery and are therefore considered enemies." Yet most analysts feel that Gaddafi is not a Soviet pawn. He has refused to allow the U.S.S.R. to have a military base in his country. "I suspect that the Soviets are in no better position to understand Gaddafi than the Americans or the Europeans," says an Israeli intelligence expert...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Searching for Hit Teams:Libya | 12/21/1981 | See Source »

Police will begin contacting area pawn shops today to circulate descriptions of Webster's jewelry, Charbrier said, adding that her suitcase and a tote bag she was carrying have not been located...

Author: By L. JOSEPH Garcia, | Title: Search for Graduate Student Continues | 12/7/1981 | See Source »

...role of Viola leaves a bit too much to the script. Hailed by other characters as vivid, brilliant, sensitive, this Viola does little but throw up her hands in despair as she is mistaken for her brother, attacked by Toby and Aguecheek, adored and insulted, and made a pawn of. The play's grand denouement scene falls prey to this gradual slowing of pace, seeming just a bit too serene as a set of twins and two pairs of lovers are reunited...

Author: By --amy E. Schwartz, | Title: Shakespeare In Wonderland | 11/20/1981 | See Source »

Royalty should play royalty, even in a pageant as pedestrian as this. Writer-Director Steven Gethers sketches a triptych of scenes from the life of young Jacqueline ("Not Jackie," as she firmly cautions). At first she is a solemn young equestrian, a pawn in her parents' grim power struggle for her love. Later, she is a budding journalist and the apple of Senator Jack Kennedy's roving eye. The film climaxes with the White House years, when she plays Guinevere in a contentious Camelot, acting as Jack's shy, willful, loving wife and then as his elegant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: TV 1, Jackie 0 | 10/19/1981 | See Source »

...each pair of dimes you get another generous, nourishing slice of instant cultural history. Most Broadway shows offer a pleasant enough diversion between sunset and bed; Nickleby will become part of your organism, cast a glow for years to come. So sell the Atari, skip a mortgage payment, pawn the children...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Dickens of a Show: NICOLAS NICKELBY | 10/5/1981 | See Source »

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