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Word: rim (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...from rubber or plastic and measuring about 1 1/2 in. in diameter, it fits snugly over the cervix, or neck of the uterus, and is held in place by suction. The diaphragm is bigger and more fragile. A thin rubber dome averaging about 3 in. wide, with a flexible rim, it is placed between the pubic bone and the vaginal wall and kept in place by tension. Both contraceptives are used with spermicide...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Comeback of A Contraceptive | 6/6/1988 | See Source »

...Seattle, where yet another new American regional cuisine is bubbling along. Having simmered slowly over the past eight or nine years, this vibrant, young-spirited cooking is now beginning to achieve finish and form. Whether dubbed Northwestern (because of its almost religious dedication to local products) or Pacific Rim (because it draws inspiration from both Asian and West Coast shore communities), this cuisine is well sauced with pride and heavily seasoned with sincerity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Food: Dining North by Northwest | 5/9/1988 | See Source »

...first of his foul shots hit the front of the rim, hit the back of the rim and then rolled in. Cinderella twirled once more around the dance floor, wondering when she would get a break to go out on the balcony and smoke a cigarette...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: Weary Cinderella | 4/5/1988 | See Source »

...first-year Lion coach felt a little unlucky in losing to the Crimson on Phillips' last-second shot, especially when he thought back to an earlier three-point shot by Gielen which fell in after it bounced on the rim a few times...

Author: By Colin F. Boyle, | Title: Calling for Time at the Right Time Works | 2/24/1988 | See Source »

...Captain); and still our hero hopes. Will love come to Captain Midlife? Has it been there all along? Stay tuned as the insomniac, not-yet-ancient mariner rests his head on the railing at a Knicks-Bulls game in which he is Air-Jordaning three feet over the rim | one moment and the next eloping in a Chevrolet Impala with that remarkably attractive blond behind the refreshment stand, the one lathering mustard on the franks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Captain Midlife Sends a Valentine | 2/15/1988 | See Source »

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