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Word: plexiglass (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...bought this kind of book? I wondered. People like me, sporadic self-improvers, on lunch hours? Or only students? Or cabbies, wanting something to surprise their fares with, a book to wave in front of the Plexiglass? I had often wondered whether Penguin made money selling these paperbacks...

Author: By Brian R. Hecht, | Title: Musings on the Way From Lunch | 2/21/1989 | See Source »

Forty-two people witnessed the execution from behind a plexiglass partition. They included 12 official witnesses, among them a state representative and three state attorneys; 12 reporters; and 18 other people, mostly corrections officials...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Serial Killer Bundy Executed in Florida | 1/25/1989 | See Source »

...pushed the goal off the magnets and used it to climb the plexiglass...

Author: By Alvar J. Mattei, | Title: A Fan's Gear: Octopiand Tennis Balls | 10/30/1987 | See Source »

...crewcut Hoosiers from the cornfields. Television crews were out, and every few blocks we saw big knots of people, all struggling to get an alcohol flushed face or at least a clenched fist into evening news immortality. Impassive mounted police stood at the corners, staring from under plexiglass visors while the horses suffered raucous tourists to breathe beer fumes into their sleek faces. They let the drunks lie where they fell...

Author: By Richard Murphy, | Title: A Sinking Feeling | 4/23/1987 | See Source »

...council's inattention to significant details of the concert may have impact beyond its balance sheet. With two weeks left before Costello's show, it appears that Bright Hockey Center officials will continue to deny requests to remove the plexiglass around the rink, saying they will not interfere significantly with the concert's acoustics. It is doubtful that material designed to stop flying pucks will not interfere with Costello's music. Assistant Athletic Director for Operations Scott H. Anderson says that only a few spectators will be affected, but the plexiglass spans Bright's first three rows, which seat nearly...

Author: By Kevin M. Malisani, | Title: Who Guards the Council? | 4/23/1987 | See Source »

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