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Word: queene (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...world. You can't breathe. You can't move." Wear long pants, he continues. "You won't want to nancy about in shorts once the first leech has had a go at you, believe me." Another tells him, "Take lots of postcards of the Queen, preferably on horseback, and showing all four legs, because they think she's all of a piece." And a policeman at Singapore airport warns: "They eat people in there! They're cannibals! Blowpipes! Phut. Phut. You die. No noise. Very better than...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Greenhorns into the Heart of Borneo | 4/8/1985 | See Source »

Ralph: Right, dearest. So doubtless we shall soon see Margaret Thatcher flogging Dr Pepper, and Queen Elizabeth in her royal quarters having an argument with Prince Philip over Mountain Dew. Maybe we can get Sandra Day O'Connor to push Gatorade. And how about Mother Teresa for Perrier? She could talk to us about choices for the poor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sexes: Pitching Motherhood and Pepsi | 4/1/1985 | See Source »

...gritty songs about lost affection and spiritual redemption earned rough- and-ready Tina Turner two 1985 Grammys, securing her crown as the comeback queen of rock 'n' roll. Next Turner's fans will get a chance to see her strut her tuff in Mad Max III, the Road Warrior sequel to be released this summer. For the latest installment of the adventure series, set in postapocalypse Australia, Turner, 46, plays Aunty Entity, the hardhearted ruler of a barbaric outpost known as Bartertown. No, love's got nothing to do with it; instead of falling for Swoon Symbol Mel Gibson...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Mar. 25, 1985 | 3/25/1985 | See Source »

...sound actors but the women in this cast are its real strength. Both exhibit a greater flexibility of character than their male counterparts. Lisa Peers is excellent both as the stern employer of a governess and as the loud-mouthed attacker of Barr. She can play both an ice queen and a timid heart...

Author: By T H. Doyle, | Title: 'Doctored' Chekov Scores a Hit At Cabot | 3/15/1985 | See Source »

...Administration official: "We spent tens of millions and the Europeans spent hundreds." By Wednesday afternoon the banks had unloaded at least $1.5 billion and sent the high-flying dollar into a nose dive. It dropped 4% compared with the mark and franc and 6% against the British pound. Even Queen Elizabeth II seemed stunned by the pound's sudden swings. Said she: "It all happens so frightfully quickly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Zesty Forecast for '85 | 3/11/1985 | See Source »

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