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Word: roasts (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...alter ego, rejects a suffocating marriage with a very eligible doctor and utters Heidi-esque lines like "I made choices based on an idea that doesn't exist anymore." Still, the spirit of the play is more aptly conveyed by Janie's comically maladroit efforts to cook a roast chicken for her boyfriend...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WENDY WASSERSTEIN: Chronicler Of Frayed Feminism | 3/27/1989 | See Source »

...carriers. Thus while passengers on U.S. domestic flights wrestle with their rubbery entrees, Swissair passengers flying first class out of Atlanta may sample smoked salmon, caviar, lobster medaillons, foie gras, pan-fried trout or vacherin glace, among other esoterica. Even Swissair's coach-class passengers are treated to veal roast with walnut sauce and mocha mousse with kiwi -- and all provided by Marriott...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Travel: You Want Me to Eat THIS? | 3/13/1989 | See Source »

...roast-beef dinner with the residents and then joined in an informal discussion focusing mainly on ethics...

Author: By Michael S. Berk, | Title: Bok Dines With Students | 2/8/1989 | See Source »

...rape and mutilate scores of women, then dump their bodies in remote places, was almost beyond comprehension. The morning of the execution, some 200 bloodthirsty revelers gathered outside the penitentiary in Starke, Fla., for a ghoulish celebration. They lit sparklers, cheered and waved signs reading BURN, BUNDY, BURN and ROAST IN PEACE. One of the few dissenters was college student Nanda Rogers, 22, of Orlando, who stood by herself a few yards away. "I believe in the sanctity of human life -- even Ted Bundy's life," she said somberly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: I Deserve Punishment: Ted Bundy | 2/6/1989 | See Source »

...having five children close together made Barbara more than a one-minute manager. It gave her a sense of humor, a playful, teasing manner (the secret of a strong marriage, she says), and a casual attitude toward how many people the pot roast can feed. Says Marvin Bush, now 32: "Everyone always wanted to come over to our house." She loves to have her five children and ten grandchildren around her; she is flexible about George's 5,000 closest friends dropping by. On a few hours' notice two weeks ago, Bush brought Senator Nancy Kassebaum, Treasury Secretary Nick Brady...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Silver Fox | 1/23/1989 | See Source »

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