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Word: phoning (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Patrick J. Cudmore lives by himself on Durbury Beach, with no connection to phone or power lines. He generates his own electricity, takes long walks by the ocean and invents in solitude...

Author: By Rebecca W. Carman, | Title: From Flying Cars to Expanding Minds | 3/4/1987 | See Source »

Third prize was originally "unparalleled fame and glory," But it was changed to six telephone books, Kelly said. Said Young: "It was nice because I really had to make a phone call...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Reporter's Notebook | 3/2/1987 | See Source »

...frankfurter costume, mustard streaked down her front; raced across the proscenium in a mermaid's spangled fin and a motorized wheelchair; wowed crowds with her renowned mammary-balloon ballet. So what can she do for a 1987 encore? Strut into her hit movie, Outrageous Fortune, abuse a defenseless pay phone and insist, "Gimme back my bleepin' quarta!" Hollywood may be far from Broadway, but for Bette Midler it's just another opening, another show...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bette Midler Steals Hollywood | 3/2/1987 | See Source »

Recruiting for Harvard's hockey team is no easy task. It involves long hours on the phone and long hours on the road. And when you've finally found that talented player--the guy who is big and quick and can put a puck into a net from anywhere on the ice--you discover that he flunked biology...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: Juggling Bright-Eyed Prospects | 2/27/1987 | See Source »

...grads across the country--often organized into clubs and organizations--the Ivies saved assistant coaches immeasurable time and effort. Instead of coaches scouring the nation for appropriate talent and corrupt athletic boosters wooing hot prospects, Ivy alumni have established a reputation for fair and effective recruiting through letter writing, phone calling and interviewing. Personal visits, however, are prohibited...

Author: By Jonathan Putnam, | Title: NCAA Boots Ivy Boosters | 2/26/1987 | See Source »

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