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Word: scoopfuls (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Democrat Thomas O'Neill, Speaker of the House. "I never conceived of the other party as being the enemy," Kirkpatrick said last week. Referring to the late Democratic Senator Henry Jackson of Washington, she went on: "I can best sum up myself by saying I am in the Scoop Jackson tradition. It is a noble tradition of caring in domestic affairs, of understanding there is a legitimate role for Government providing minimum standards of well-being on the one hand, and being deeply persuaded of the legitimacy and success of American society and the failure and tyranny of Communist societies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: A Noble Tradition | 2/11/1985 | See Source »

...carve a big smile in it, scoop out its brains, stick a candle inside and let it sit on your windowsill. Similarly, Andy Rooney's essays are goofy and brainless, but also warm and pleasant...

Author: By Gregory M. Daniels, | Title: A Lime and a Pumpkin | 11/30/1984 | See Source »

...them. Rose watched the wild black raspberries that give tang to her bestselling raspberry chocolate truffle flavor zoom from $31 per gal. to $107.50 per gal. after last year's harsh winter nearly destroyed the crop. To recover the extra cost, she tacks a 25? surcharge onto each scoop of the ice cream. Says Rose, a graduate of the University of Chicago Business School and a former student of Nobel-prizewinning Economist Milton Friedman: "I look at the inflation numbers and I laugh because I see my own costs going bonkers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sticker Shock Never Stops | 11/5/1984 | See Source »

...fifth, Gooden induced Keith Moreland to ground routinely to third base. All the third sacker had to do was scoop up the ball and fire to first to preserve the no-hitter...

Author: By Sick Wurf, | Title: To Thanks to You | 10/19/1984 | See Source »

...Williams attempts to get the scoop on the inner workings of JFK for the suit, she also tries to get at the inner workings of Nolte. He, on the other hand is too busy with Eddie, his problem student. Ralph Macchio reprises his role from Karate Kid as The Shrimp Who Kicks Ass aka The Tough Kid From a Broken Home Who Is All Right Underneath--Really. Don't wince; the roles, dialogue and intentions of the script are so telegraphed, outlined, highlighted, and underlined that only a Columbia film-student could miss the point...

Author: By Cyrus M. Sanai, | Title: High School Hell | 10/12/1984 | See Source »

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