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Word: scenically (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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From the slums of Calcutta, the Pope journeyed northeast to the scenic hills of Shillong, where 19th century missionaries found ready converts among the territory's tribes. Some 100,000 people attended a Mass and, to the Pontiff's obvious delight, members of the Konyak tribe danced and brandished their daos, the flat-ended machetes that until 1967 were used by the clan to behead enemies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: India a Low-Key Papal Pilgrimage | 2/17/1986 | See Source »

...reasons of tameness and sameness. Up the lift, down the beautifully groomed trail, half an hour in the lift line with several hundred nice people, then up and down again: the alpine skier turns himself into a yo-yo. And after the fifth or tenth chug around the splendidly scenic cross-country circuit, the Nordic skier can feel like a toy train...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Hut, Two, Three, Four | 2/10/1986 | See Source »

Over the last year, four New York parties, the Scenic Hudson, the New York Department of Environmental Conservation, the Stillman Forest Committee and John Stillman, have urged the State Attorney General not to allow the Harvard to leave the forest without a permanent endowment, a measure not specified in the sale to Golden...

Author: By Joseph F Kahn, | Title: Selling a Piece of the Rock | 11/7/1985 | See Source »

George Gowen, chairman of the Scenic Hudson, said, "There is so much tangible evidence that Stillman wanted his money to be used primarily for Black Rock. I am satisfied the documents show that the forest and the endowment went hand in hand...

Author: By Joseph F Kahn, | Title: Selling a Piece of the Rock | 11/7/1985 | See Source »

...Common has a big line-up of easy listening, reggae and jazz concerts scheduled. Permit complications have plagued the Boston Common program in previous years, but it's in full swing this summer with most shows starting at 6 p.m. Veteran rockers Santana will play on the scenic park this Friday, June 28. Popular jazzist Pat Metheny is featured Wednesday, July 10 and will be followed on July 19 with mainstream funkist Chaka Khan...

Author: By Charles C. Matthews, | Title: Entertainment is Up When the Lights are Down | 6/23/1985 | See Source »

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