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Word: pump (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Delta Force didn't get the opportunity to pump a few thousand rounds into the dirty terrorists and America lost a golden opportunity to restore its collective sense of honor after the Shiites kicked sand in our faces...

Author: By Nick Wurf, | Title: No Heroics | 7/9/1985 | See Source »

Ironically, prices at the pump are now rising because they fell an average of 7 cents per gal. from last October through February. Gasoline refiners began reducing their inventories out of fear that prices would keep on dropping. That led to tight gasoline supplies and an abrupt turnaround in price...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Energy: Pummeled At the Pump | 5/6/1985 | See Source »

...what is female body building if not a parody of the male body too? Instead of aspiring to Daisy Mae curves, and turning to cotton or cosmetic surgery to fulfill the image, women on the cutting edge of body building demand the taut bulges of an Arnold Schwarzenegger and pump iron (lift weights) like crazy to achieve them. Pumping Iron (1977) was a deadpan docufarce that transformed Schwarzenegger from a curiosity into a celebrity. Pumping Iron II: The Women will probably not do the same for Bev Francis, the Australian Amazon who was at the controversial center...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Real People in a Reel Peephole | 5/6/1985 | See Source »

...field events, senior Mark Henry had tropic pump of the outdoor section hop, skip and jumping 50-ft., 1 1/2-in, for a second place finish. Freshman James Russel finished only fifth but had a fine hammer throw of 195-ft., 11-in., andd pole vaulter Steve Pimmey took third in his event...

Author: By Brecky Hartman, | Title: Thinclads Bowin GBCs; Men Third, Women Fourth | 4/29/1985 | See Source »

Suddenly two men on a motorcycle appeared behind the car, and the man on the back of the bike fired a pistol through the Volga's rear window. The panic- stricken chauffeur jammed on the brakes, allowing the gunman to pump more bullets through a side window of the car. Khitrichenko was hit four times--in the head, chest, neck and wrist; less than an hour later he was pronounced dead at Lohia Hospital. His wife and the driver sustained minor injuries from flying glass...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: India High Noon | 4/1/1985 | See Source »

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