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Word: quicked (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...bright idea of lifting the wallet of a wealthy Middle Eastern who asks for a slow dance at the first stop of their pub-hopping journey. Little do they suspect that lover boy is going to check his funds while the two are powdering their noses, so a quick get away in his 450 SEL, conveniently parked outside the door, is in order...

Author: By Cristina V. Coletta, | Title: Courting Communism | 6/26/1986 | See Source »

...Cambridge there's no reason to drink and drive. A world of drinking places lies just outside your door step. So close that a quick stumble fom any drinking establishment will land you in the privacy of your own bedroom. So sit back, strap yourself in (it's Massachusetts law now), and enjoy a whirlwind tour of Harvard's favorite drinking spots...

Author: By Jonathan M. Moses, | Title: Drink 'Til You Drop | 6/22/1986 | See Source »

Classmates and professors recall Nino as exceptionally bright, diligent, and fun to be around. He loved to argue in an unassuming way, usually espousing a conservative view point. He made people laugh with his quick wit, they say, told good Italian jokes and played the bugle surprisingly well...

Author: By James D. Solomon, | Title: HLS Classmates, Profs Remember Scalia Fondly | 6/22/1986 | See Source »

...knack for concocting and consuming entertainments that are quick, vivid, exuberant. Razzmatazz is a plentiful U.S. natural resource, like oil but with no OPEC competitors. Americans are pop-culture vultures, profligate in the money and time they devote to making themselves giggle and choke up on cue, ooh and aah en masse. Why is it that Americans make slick movies and snappy songs and every kind of TV show so relentlessly, so effectively, so -- well, well...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pop Goes the Culture | 6/16/1986 | See Source »

...should have alerted NASA's flight officials to the urgency of the matter, there was a complication: fully 748 parts of the shuttle carried the same criticality-1 designation, including 114 on the booster motors. None was given any priority in urgency, so none stood out as demanding a quick remedy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Space: Fixing Nasa | 6/9/1986 | See Source »

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