Word: ringed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...pushed through the growing crowd. The bike's speedometer was stuck somewhere over 50. Following Whalen, we entered the ring of spectators and saw the cyclist sprawled on the road, still in his helmet, surrounded by broken glass and paramedics. O'Hara was already questioning witnesses...
...traditional sense and vis-a-vis the brave new world of gypsy scholars. What dazzles McGarrigle most about the proceedings is Angelica, a beautiful and budding literary critic who befriends him but mysteriously eludes his chivalrous advances. Persse muses: "It's as if she had a magic ring for making herself invisible...
Only pro wrestling, as perpetrated by Vince McMahon's World Wrestling Federation, could provide such a uniquely 1980s fusion of chic and sleaze. WrestleMania's guest referee is Muhammad Ali; the guest ring announcer is Battlin' Billy Martin; the guest timekeeper, manipulating a tiny silver bell that might have come from King Farouk's dinner table, is Liberace. Pop Thrush Cyndi Lauper is "managing" Wendi Richter ("150 pounds of twisted steel and sex appeal") as she attempts to regain her W.W.F. championship belt from zaftig Leilani Kai, managed by former longtime (28 years) women's champ, the Fabulous Moolah...
...Saigon, he commandeered a helicopter and personally flew it to the deck of a U.S. ship. Ky, 54, who has owned several successful liquor stores in California, is planning to join a partnership that will develop Vietnamese fast-food outlets. He has been accused of leading a crime ring involving former South Vietnamese army officers, but is not the target of any investigations. "I'm not a Mafia chieftain," he insists. "I'm a poor man." Ky's view on U.S. conduct of the war: "With a 'no win' policy, you have no chance of winning...
...Teaching is not a three-ring circus," Ozment says. "We put the material out there, we respond to questions. The question is what students do with what we given them It's an immature attitude to say, "Hey, turn me on, Dean Ozment...