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Word: peeks (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...hail, Crimson athletics--perpetually teetering on the cutting edge of sports fashion. Nonetheless, a few questions peek through the pervading glow...

Author: By Jessica Dorman, | Title: Backwards is Beautiful | 5/23/1986 | See Source »

...Signet at 46 Dunster Street on any weekday afternoon, peek in a window, and gaze at a couple dozen students, faculty members, and guests sitting at two long tables nibbling on chicken salad and sipping chablis from goblets...

Author: By Matthew H. Joseph, | Title: THE SIGNET SOCIETY | 4/28/1986 | See Source »

Along with all the attentions which Mammi has received from the costume director of the movie, she also gets exclusive delivery privileges of the film's choicest lines, as written by dialogue director Michel Audiard. When Mammi catches Pappi taking a peek at Playboy, she remonstrates, "Pappi! Don't do that, honey. You shall give yourself nightmares. Please! Be sensible!". When she has to wear a business suit, she complains, "I hate flat shoes! I absolutly hate flat shoes! How can anybody ever keep their balance in these damn things!". Funny dialogue is great, but gestures and expression make Serrault...

Author: By Mac LA Follette, | Title: La Cage Aux Folles Meets The Bride | 2/28/1986 | See Source »

...according to officials at Kellogg headquarters in Battle Creek, Mich. Since 1907, millions of people have toured the Kellogg plant where Special K, Rice Krispies, Frosted Flakes and other popular cereals are produced. Unfortunately, the company says, at least two recent visitors have actually been industrial spies sneaking a peek at the company's technology. Last week, in a move to foil further plots, Kellogg announced that it will no longer conduct public tours inside the factory...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Food: Operation Frosted Flakes | 2/10/1986 | See Source »

...cotton to move over the wearer like a light wind or that spills around her, when she sits, like a mountain lake. The gold glitters, but what seduces are the accents of color that the gold picks up and reflects, like the green fragments of beetle wings that peek out of a 19th century man's coat. Gharara, billowing pants favored by both men and women, have a sensuality that could liven up any ready-to-wear runway in Paris, although a contemporary designer might look for certain practical modifications. Some of the gharara at the Met are so long...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: A Harmony of Fugitive Color | 12/16/1985 | See Source »

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