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Word: reade (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...held seashells against her ears"), the moment echoes the heart-thudding scene between Scarlett O'Hara and Ashley Wilkes ("There ) was a low curious roaring sound in her ears as of seashells being held against them"). Yet despite a plethora of parallel passages, Alberoni denies she has ever read Mitchell's novel. By contrast, Deforges admits that she borrowed heavily from Gone With the Wind -- but only for the first 100 pages. At that point, says Deforges, she tired of the "literary game" and set off on her own tangent about her heroine's adventures in Vichy France...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books:Back With The Wind Mon Dieu! Has Scarlett O'Hara gone Continental? | 10/9/1989 | See Source »

...Council meetings for several weeks with signs urging support for Proposition 1-2-3--a ballot referendum to allow some tenants in rentcontrolled housing to purchase their apartments--and opposition to the CCA, this week had a new sign. "Hypocrisy doesn't end with the Commonwealth Day School," it read...

Author: By Matthew M. Hoffman, | Title: Race and Politics Mingle In Day School Debate | 10/6/1989 | See Source »

...Tuesday's vigil, Myette presented a stark contrast to the fiery rhetoric of Jean Wallace-Benjamin, who addressed the crowd in front of the former school building. In a relatively subdued voice, Myette read a statement thanking the marchers for their support but made little mention of the city-wide controversy...

Author: By Matthew M. Hoffman, | Title: Race and Politics Mingle In Day School Debate | 10/6/1989 | See Source »

...communique read by an announcer did nothing more than list the names and ranks of those arrested, wounded or killed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Panamanian Coup Leaders Arrested | 10/5/1989 | See Source »

...once read about two minor league owners who swapped teams. Ha, ha. They should be immortalized in the Hall of Lame, along with the genius who started wiggling the camera during AT&T ads. They were screwing with their fans' identities. Who do you root for? Should you move...

Author: By Michael R. Grunwald, | Title: The Mets | 10/5/1989 | See Source »

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