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Word: rodent (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...just how the rat peril should be met, the state has hired William B. Jackson, the ultimate rat terminator, to deal with the problem. A former biology professor, Jackson, 62, now runs his own consulting business in Osseo, Mich., and is one of the nation's foremost experts on rodent control. Working for the United Nations, he has battled rats around the world, from Indonesia to Brazil. Billed by the Boston media as the "rat czar" and the "Pied Piper," Jackson is devising a strategy to save Boston by killing off the rats in the 7.5-mile- long Central Artery...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: The Rats Are Coming | 2/27/1989 | See Source »

...aquamarine gown, applauding madly from the bathroom." The banned Hamilton version: "At one point in a letter to Burnett ((Salinger)) provides a pen portrait of the Happy Hour Chez Chaplin: the comedian, ancient and unclothed, is brandishing his walking stick -- attached to the stick, and horribly resembling a lifeless rodent, is one of Chaplin's vital organs. Oona claps her hands in appreciation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Trespassers Will Be Prosecuted IN SEARCH OF J.D. SALINGER | 5/23/1988 | See Source »

...Cary Elwes, who looks like a young Douglas Fairbanks Jr.) sets out to rescue the impossibly beautiful Buttercup (Robin Wright) from a monarchy full of dastards. To do this, he will outduel the expert swordsman Inigo Montoya (Mandy Patinkin), outwit the scheming Sicilian Vizzini (Wallace Shawn) and outwrestle a rodent of unusual size. Buttercup will survive an attack by a swarm of shrieking eels and an attempt on her honor by wicked Prince Humperdinck (Chris Sarandon), whom Westley will climactically engage in a fight "to the pain." There will be a duel of styles too: of romantic grandeur against...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Errol Flynn Meets Gunga Din THE PRINCESS BRIDE | 9/21/1987 | See Source »

...usefulness: the Warsaw Pact presently enjoys a marked superiority in tanks. Rather than trying to match the Ruskies tank for tank, we should be more innovative. Not even the most advanced Soviet tank, the T-80, could get through an area thoroughly undermined with gopher tunnels dug by RATS (Rodent Anti-Tank Squadrons...

Author: By John M. Glazer, | Title: Boar Wars | 4/10/1987 | See Source »

Colopy and Michael R. Gaouette '90 flipped the rodent into a garbage bag with a metal spoon, Colopy said. Then they laid it to rest on the fire escape as they knew garbage would not be collected for two days, Colopy said...

Author: By Shannon E. Liss, | Title: Rascal Rodents Run Rampant | 2/17/1987 | See Source »

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