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Word: scream (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...called Johnson "the John McEnroe of skiing." Johnson was scarcely this bad; he didn't scream at officials, and was never anything but cheerful, even to the Austrians. In his self-delight, he gave the impression, walking quite alone, of a pair of young lovers strolling hand in hand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The High and Mighty | 2/27/1984 | See Source »

...appear to have taught them some important skills how to project a falsetto voice past the first three rows, how to act during a kickline when you're stuck in a mermaid's tail, and how to keep a straight face when your wig flies off or when people scream "Oooh, Anthony, you author!" from the back of the theater...

Author: By Amy E. Schwartz, | Title: Belleboys in Love | 2/23/1984 | See Source »

...article. Curious, isn't it, how Bostonians get so excited over college hockey, the collegiate sport that never managed to produce the same nationwide mania as football and basketball? And they pack the Boston Garden for a little tournament--the same four teams play every year, even--and they scream themselves hoarse, Quaint old Beantown...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Battle for Beantown | 2/6/1984 | See Source »

Patterson: In the local area, it's going to be counterproductive, it's going to destabilize. It's going to polarize forces much more. The left is going to, with justification, scream louder and mobilize more, militaristically. You also have an unfortunate fallout from the heads of state who supported this invasion and who coordinated it. Also from America's point of view, the stupidest aspect of this invasion is the way America squanders its moral capital. I'm not so naive that I don't recognize that there are certain circumstances in which you just have to throw principles...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Justifying Grenada | 10/31/1983 | See Source »

...whenever pigflesh appeared. Jack was on top of the sow, stabbing downward with his knife. Roger found a lodgment for his point and began to push till he was leaning with his whole weight. The spear moved forward inch by inch, and the terrified squealing became a high-pitched scream. Then Jack found the throat and the hot blood spouted over his hands. The sow collapsed under them and they were heavy and fulfilled upon her. The butterflies still danced, preoccupied in the center of the clearing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: A Prize as Good as Golding | 10/17/1983 | See Source »

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