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Word: rubs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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When the craft finally skids to a halt at the bottom of the humongous Eastman-Kodak screen, fog bubbles up from the floor of the theater, and olfactory stimuli (Blown circuits, melted metal, Vicks Vapor Rub) tingle the audience's orgiastically flaring nostrils. Honest: Huxley's Feelies are alive and well and playing every hour on the hour (even as you read this) in the heart of Central Florida...

Author: By Daniel Vilmure, | Title: KID IN A CANDYSHOP: | 2/6/1987 | See Source »

Fred Grandy '70 of Iowa, Amory Houghton Jr. '50 of New York, Thomas C. Ballenger of North Carolina, Frederick S. Upton of Michigan, and Ernest L. Konnyu of California chose to rub elbows with the young politicos instead of accepting other invitations...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Congressmen Eat in Union | 12/16/1986 | See Source »

...capo in the family and considered by some to be just as tough as, if not tougher than, convicted Boss Salerno. One of the few veterans not under indictment, he was acquitted of trying to kill Mob Boss Frank Costello in 1957 when Costello, who retired after the rub-out attempt, refused to identify him as one of his attackers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Headhunters: A jury convicts eight Mobsters | 12/1/1986 | See Source »

...party is also making heavy use of its biggest gun. President Reagan last week launched a final tour of crucial states, hoping some of his spectacular popularity will rub off on local candidates. In Missouri, where former Republican Governor Christopher ("Kit") Bond is straining to stay ahead of Democratic Lieutenant Governor Harriett Woods, Reagan told an enthusiastic audience, "This is my last campaign, and if you'd like to vote for me one more time, you can do it by voting for Kit Bond." The Democrats have responded by trotting out such luminaries of their own as Ted Kennedy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign Windup Fight to the Finish | 11/3/1986 | See Source »

Peggy, Demian, Elaine, Les and Chuck step on their colts. The horses jump and stop and run into one another like bumper cars, but no one gets hurt. Later the riders are allowed to use halter ropes. They pull their horses' heads around and rub them. "The softness comes through the horse's mind, goes through the body to the feet and back up from there," Ray says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Wyoming: Horse and Rider Learn Together | 10/6/1986 | See Source »

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