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Word: pies (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...these silly ladies muck up their lives. The moment they get their hooks into the gentleman of their choice they proceed assiduously to bash the whole thing to pulp with their tantrums and exigence ... It really isn't surprising that homosexuality is becoming as normal as blueberry pie...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Mad Dogs and Blithe Spirits | 10/11/1982 | See Source »

...sharp peaks a breathtaking spectacle. Earlier in the day, I had been fly-fishing for cutthroat trout in the nearby Snake River. Late in the afternoon, Amy and I had picked wild huckleberries in a grove of quaking aspen near the cabin, and we all enjoyed a delicious berry pie for supper. Although it was not cold, Rosalynn and I built a small fire just to watch the flames in the open fireplace. It had been one of those special days...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Keeping Faith | 10/11/1982 | See Source »

...actor-turned-corporate spokesman? Underscore the point by making campaign stops with Karl Malden of American Express Travelers Checks and Chrysler lover Ricardo Montalban at your side. Throw in Lorne Greene and his kennel of Alpo enthusiasts, and you've got a team as American as pre-packaged apple pie...

Author: By Paul M. Barrett, | Title: Just a Guy Named Joe | 10/8/1982 | See Source »

...people who left Saturday's Harvard-Army game early to beat the traffic probably went home and sat down to their Yankee Doodle pot roast and apple pie and left football out of their dinner-table discussion on how nice the Military Academy looked as the leaves begin to change, how nice the Cadets all looked in their crisp uniforms and shiny shoes and how nice it would be to win a nuclear...

Author: By Michael Bass, | Title: Saving Best for Last | 10/4/1982 | See Source »

...while the franchises share and share alike, say the players, the athletes are treated to a skimpy slice of the pie. Despite the fact that their average salary of $90,000 is not exactly K rations, football players are the worst paid of major professional athletes (see chart). Three baseball players, New York Yankee Dave Winfield, Philadelphia Phillie Mike Schmidt and California Angel Reggie Jackson, together make more than the entire 45-man roster of the Dallas Cowboys...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Money or the Power? | 10/4/1982 | See Source »

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