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Word: pillows (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...after 9 p.m., but her thesis was due in 148 hours, and she resolved to try to write at least her conclusion. She glanced at the placard on the wall above her that had "TYPE" in block letters, but its hypnotic effect had long worn off. She adjusted the pillow she was sitting on, thumbed through her notecards, and decided to put some Tchaikovsky on the stereo...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE CREATION OF A THESIS | 4/10/1981 | See Source »

...Jersey farmhouse, Marjorie (Ellen Barber) is accosted by an intruder, Raul (Danton Stone). At first, the jaunty stranger claims to be looking for a man who owes him money. But after some verbal sparring, he wrenches her to the floor by her hair and clamps a pillow to her face. Using the threat of suffocation, Raul systematically degrades Marjorie: "Touch my hair. My mouth. My neck . . . Now touch me down there and say you wanna make love!" At the last moment, she makes a desperate lunge for an aerosol can and sprays it in Raul's eyes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Kentucky Derby | 4/6/1981 | See Source »

...greatest car town in the world. I spent a whole day returning a string of rentals for one president because "they didn't feel right." Even Uncle Walter kept us moving, often for no good reason. We spent hours in department stores shopping for the just-right pillow he could sit on during broadcasts. Crewmen were driven to the racetrack and to liquor stores, and once I even had to collect a bigwig's poodle clutching mistress from the airport...

Author: By Caroline R. Adams, | Title: A Summer With Walter and Dan | 3/17/1981 | See Source »

...West. The West of what is never specified, and the saloon's stained-glass windows, the standard Italian names, clash oddly with the smattering of tagged-on Harvard jokes to keep the setting questionable. Adina shuns Nemorino's attentions and smiles instead on Sergeant Belcore, a grimacing, pillow-stuffed dandy who has just marched into town and showered her with his military...

Author: By Amy E. Schwartz, | Title: Under the Chandeliers | 3/12/1981 | See Source »

SEEKING DIVORCE. Doris Day, 56, pert, wholesome movie actress (Pillow Talk, Midnight Lace) and singer; and Barry Comden, 45, restaurateur; after five years of marriage, her fourth, his second; in Los Angeles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Jan. 19, 1981 | 1/19/1981 | See Source »

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