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Word: scalese (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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David P. Crews, associate professor of Biology and Psychology, said yesterday he has found that female garter snakes hyperventilate during courtship, stretching their scales apart and releasing the blood-borne pheromones, which attract male garter snakes.

Author: By Nancy J. Fischbein, | Title: Snake Sex Pheromones | 11/6/1981 | See Source »

This is very much how college officials view the entire debate: a series of semantic and statistical contradictions which so far haven't warranted much of a reaction from schools. Bowdoin College in Maine remains the only prominent institution that does not require the SAT for admission. Elsewhere, administrators point...

Author: By Paul M. Barrett, | Title: Butting Heads With the Test Makers | 11/2/1981 | See Source »

Scales-tipping actors must stay heavy to keep working

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: As a Matter of Fat . . . | 8/3/1981 | See Source »

The two sides only disagree over how soon pay scales can be equalized. The strikers demand a commitment of $3.2 million in raises over four years; the city has offered $1.45 million over two years.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Upping the Ante Over Equal Pay in San Jose | 7/20/1981 | See Source »

THANKFULLY--WE DON'T have to wait very long between fire-breathing sequences; Robbins knows what the kids have come to see. With theater-rattling thumps, our dragon stalks his turf, and like a B-52 with scales, swoops over hapless victims, booming displeasure with the human race. Great care...

Author: By Paul M. Barrett, | Title: Puff the Magic | 7/10/1981 | See Source »

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