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Word: popcorned (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Angeles will be paying $7. Some Angelenos seem sanguine at the prospect. "Movies are better than ever," says Bob Singer, 32, standing in line for Moonstruck, "and I don't mind paying more for a better product. So why don't they just reduce the price of popcorn a dollar and call it even...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Up, Up and Away | 1/18/1988 | See Source »

...threw that one in from the popcorn stand," Harvard Coach Bill Cleary said. "It took everyone by surprise. I think even Andy was surprised...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Unbeaten Icemen Confuse Cornell, 3-1; | 12/5/1987 | See Source »

...break the monotony, scientists took aboard a variety of stuffed animals, including a seal, cat and penguin, and warmed up snacks of pizza, empanadas, popcorn and hamburgers in the microwave oven. Cabin temperature was kept cool to avoid overheating the high-tech instrumentation. Says Atmospheric Physicist Geoffrey Toon, of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif.: "If you tried to sleep during your off hours, usually you froze...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Flying High - and Hairy | 10/19/1987 | See Source »

...chicken could be considered truly fresh, Perdue and Shore made it plain that in this case the term means not frozen and, presumably, not spoiled. "I even ate some that was in my refrigerator for 40 days," reported Perdue, a strict calorie and cholesterol watcher who binges on caramel popcorn. "I was a little worried, but I'm too tight to throw it away...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Food: They're Fencing Beak to Beak | 9/28/1987 | See Source »

...life becomes a feast of surprises, like TV newscasts with little real news but lots of murder, unemployment and homelessness, just like the Soviet press carries about the U.S. The solipsism of American novelists distresses him, as do the squalor of the South Bronx, the smell of popcorn in movie theaters and the fondness of Washington politicians for jogging. "Public figures are not to be seen running through the streets of Moscow with their trousers off," he notes disapprovingly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Silver Lining IN SEARCH OF MELANCHOLY BABY | 8/31/1987 | See Source »

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