Word: plateful
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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When they caught sight of us at the door to the temple, one woman rushed to her feet and pulled us inside. We were seated at the front before the dancers, and she quickly brought us a pot of strong Chinese tea, and a plate of roasted nuts and dried seaweed. Everyone's eyes were fixed on the two freaks with the yellow hair, and then one of the dancers took my hand and beckoned for me to dance with her. Holding hands, I copied her steps: dancing with bent knee, flexed feet and palms, the effect was of marionettes...
...Saturday's semifinal, the Yardlings soundly defeated the Crimson junior varsity to earn a berth in Sunday's Ladies Challenge Plate two-boat final...
...regulation training weeks a year, he is also Secretary of the Navy. But as the Reserve bomber-navigator on an A- 6 attack plane at Oceana Naval Air Station in Virginia Beach, Va., Lehman took the right-hand, nonpilot seat on training missions. He also spent time at "deck-plate level," getting a feel for the concerns of ordinary seamen and petty officers. The Secretary acts on the gripes too. After a training week earlier this year, Lehman ordered an investigation into whether some A-6 squadrons should be modified...
Shot last week, the commercial will net the President's son an undisclosed fee. It is only one of several high-profile plums on his plate, including a contributing editor's title at Playboy and a correspondent's contract with ABC's Good Morning, America. The Reagans are pleased with the First Son, but they may not be so happy about the current issue of Vanity Fair magazine, in which Ron cavorts in--you guessed it--hot red bikini briefs...
...fans are more loyal to sandwiches than children. Their parents may feel that hot food on a plate is more nutritious than a fast cold meal, but children at school cafeterias can be observed making sandwiches out of everything, including spaghetti with meat sauce stuffed into hamburger buns, so they can eat quickly and have time to play...