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Word: scoopfuls (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...wore on, the sounds of violence from the camps became more sporadic. In the afternoon, the militiamen began covering up their handiwork. Around 3 p.m., a European diplomat saw a bulldozer backing down a side street of Shatila. Its scoop was filled with bodies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Middle East: God - Oh, My God! | 10/4/1982 | See Source »

...There is a witty tribute to groupies called "Ballet Alert," about the New York telephone service that tells fans of last-minute program and cast switches. The service, run by a voluble woman named Carmel Capehart, depends on information from inner circles of ballet lovers. Capehart's biggest scoop: "Baryshnikov's debut in Union Jack [in 1979 with N.Y.C.B.] He did it twice in one day without telling anybody. If we hadn't caught wind of it, nobody would have been there but the audience...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Turning Words into Motion | 7/26/1982 | See Source »

...brought in with part of his abdomen hanging outside his body. He was fully conscious. With his left hand he tried to scoop his intestines back inside...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Beirut: Seven Days in a Small War | 7/19/1982 | See Source »

...Charles J. Waidelich, the company's chairman, had been trying to outflank Pickens with an offer to pay $17 per share for a 51% majority interest in Mesa. By last week, Cities Service had received tender offers of 41% of Mesa's stock. In an effort to scoop up the rest, Waidelich boosted his offer to $21 per share...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Upping the Ante | 6/28/1982 | See Source »

...your tits!" Most ignore the demands, but every so often a woman will clamber up onto a van and perform an awkward striptease to the cheers and jeers of the crowd below. One entrepreneur paid for her admission several times by collecting donations in the front of her scoop-neck T-shirt...

Author: By John F. Baughman, | Title: The Infielder's View of Indy | 6/25/1982 | See Source »

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