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Word: plugs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...told me he could come up from New York that weekend so I bought two tickets. We sat with the rest of the freshmen, including almost all of my entry. Wigglesworth B, in the temporary bleachers erected to plug the gap at the north end of the Stadium, packed in tight, high above the goal posts--the worst seats in the house...

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, | Title: What My Father Saw | 11/21/1981 | See Source »

...backs of their cars and lug them over to the lawn that faces the bandstand. Encouraging smells begin to drift from the beef barbecue pit. The day's first Frisbee frizzes across the gray sky. Warmup musicians, two men and a woman of a group called Bluebird, plug in their guitars. Here in Rutland, the Grand Old-Time Fiddlin' Contest is gathering momentum...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Vermont: A Fiddlers' Contest | 11/9/1981 | See Source »

...time, the Sox felt justified sending pitching phenom Don Aase and enough money to sign Rick Miller out west because they needed a steady-fielding second baseman to plug the hole beside Rick Burleson. Well, Remy has outlasted Burleson in Boston while becoming an offensive threat as productive as the Willie Randolphs and Bobby Griches. As always, he remains a superb fielder...

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, | Title: The Goblins of Fenway | 11/4/1981 | See Source »

...quick plug for some great stuff, new old. Mercury Records just re-issued the New York Dolls' two albums, self-titled and Too Much Too Soon. The Dolls were "ahead of their time," and sometimes too out of control for their own good. This is raucous stuff, and lead singer David JoHansen sings of love, drugs, and insanity from firsthand knowledge. Don't be put off by the transvestite image; this is great rock and rool. "Personality Crisis" and the Bo Diddley song "Pills" from the first album, and the remake of "Stranded in the Jungle" on the second...

Author: By David M. Handelman, | Title: The Demons of Pseudo-Euro-Disco; Jeffreys, Hunter, Kinks & Stones Redux | 10/29/1981 | See Source »

...team will have its biggest gaps to plug on defense, and MacAusland has recruited accordingly. A big lift should come from Tania Huber, who returns to the sport after time off. Huber, according to Mac Ausland, is a "phenomenal athelete capable of replacing Velie...

Author: By George P. Bayliss, | Title: A Fresh Look | 9/14/1981 | See Source »

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