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Word: rip (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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What makes this response so astounding is that the cause of the accident couldn't be more patent. The suspect, Brian Confoy, alledgedly got rip-roaring drunk, seated himself behind the wheel of his car, and drove with reckless abandon, mowing down Ms. Steel in the process...

Author: By Joshua H. Henkin, | Title: Truth in Tragedy | 10/25/1986 | See Source »

...Updated Rip Van Winkle. Two old train robbers, stylishly played by Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas, are let out of jail and are forced to confront the changes -- everything from light beer to gay bars -- that have occurred during the 30 years they were penned up. Partly the tale is Cocoon with cojones. The ) two old poops take an even harder line with the young people who want them to act their age than the retirees in last year's film did. Mostly, though, Tough Guys is a lot of fun, particularly when Eli Wallach, as a furious, nearsighted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Rushes: Oct. 13, 1986 | 10/13/1986 | See Source »

...your wallet. Secondly, the T-shirts sold at this performance will probably be overpriced, since Harvard gets a cut of everything with a 350th logo on it. Don't buy tickets from scalpers, who undoubtably will be swarming around the gates of the stadium--they're likely to rip...

Author: By Maia E. Harris, | Title: Tickets, Please | 7/29/1986 | See Source »

...shirt today--23 bucks--think I would pay that for this?" she pointed to a white T which she sported under her tight black and white sundress. "What a rip-off. It's not fair. When is this train going to get moving? God were those shop people dumb. They like thought I was actually wearing this out of the store, not lifting it. Boy. Oh well, can't expect people in these ritzy stores to have too many smarts...

Author: By Shari Rudavsky, | Title: A Day on The Red Line | 7/25/1986 | See Source »

Comparing Shcharansky to "Rip Van Winkle" after his nine-year imprisonment, Dershowitz said the dissident did not fully understand the implications of Soviet divestment and that his message should be regarded as a "general moral suggestion" rather than a specific tactical recommendation...

Author: By David S. Hilzenrath, | Title: Shcharansky Calls on Students, Profs To Press Divestment Against USSR | 5/21/1986 | See Source »

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