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Word: sanding (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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They even hired a former police officer to introduce them to the gamy underworld of New York pickpockets and ID-card fixers. Gaddafi was selected as the fictional blackmailer, explains Lapierre, "because he was not susceptible to [U.S.] reprisals, having such a small population and all that sand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Nuclear Ransom | 3/17/1980 | See Source »

...George Sand never made it. Neither did Colette nor Madame de Staĕl. For ever since the elite 40-member Académie Française was established by Cardinal Richelieu in 1634 to uphold France's literary standards, it has barred its doors to women. But now the "Immortals" have voted to breach France's macho line by admitting Novelist Marguerite Yourcenar, 76, author of Hadrian's Memoirs and acclaimed translator of Henry James and Virginia Woolf. Though Yourcenar holds U.S. as well as French citizenships and has lived in Maine for 30 years, what...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Mar. 17, 1980 | 3/17/1980 | See Source »

They drove down to the beach where a bonfire sent shadows gliding across the sand. I don't like shadows, said Rick. Sammy said nothing. Somebody called out from the bonfire. Sammy couldn't hear so he moved closer. Want some wine? came the voice again. They moved down closer. No wine for me, said Rick. They stepped across the sand until the fire warmed their faces. So this is California, Rick smiled. Don't spoil it, snapped Sammy...

Author: By David Frankel, | Title: Postcards | 3/15/1980 | See Source »

...waitress. They drove away from the high-way, on a wispy road through craggy moors. The road ascended, then dropped to beach level. Sammy felt sick. Is this it? he wondered, staring out the car window into the fog. Rick stopped the Dodge and they shuffled across the sand. All these beaches, muttered Rick. Sammy watched the ocean caress his feet, walking until the water washed his knees. He took off his shades. What is profound? he called out Rick laughed. Rick found Sammy funny. Sammy did not mean to be funny...

Author: By David Frankel, | Title: Postcards | 3/15/1980 | See Source »

Barbuda: The Gentle Isle. Nearly 75% of its 62 sq. mi. is beach: endless, empty stretches of white sand glimmering in the roseate reflection of billions of tiny shells. Barbuda (pronounced Ear-byou-duh), which has one of the Caribbean's few bird sanctuaries, also offers the area's best hunting: white crown pigeon, guinea hen, duck, fallow deer and feral boar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: The Still Pristine Caribbean | 2/18/1980 | See Source »

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