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Word: sharpness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...SHOP BOYS: ACTUALLY (EMI-Manhattan). Supercool, supershrewd syntho-pop, London-style, with ironic lyrics so sharp and cold they cut like a scalpel made...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Best of '87: Music | 1/4/1988 | See Source »

Like Carter, Hart and other once obscure presidential hopefuls, Babbitt is betting his candidacy on its first test: the Feb. 8 Iowa caucuses. Though he is still low in the polls, his organization is razor sharp in both Iowa and New Hampshire, where grass-roots efforts are particularly crucial...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign Portrait, Bruce Babbitt: Standing Up For Substance | 1/4/1988 | See Source »

...fractured personalities. The man who was Mork, on TV's sitcom smash of the late '70s, can switch in nanoo-seconds from an infant's helium singsong to Elmer Fudd as Bwooce Spwingsteen. This glossolaliac gift can give the listener a high and a headache; it is that quick, sharp and scary. Scares Williams too. "When it works," says the Chicago-born comic, 36, "it's like . . . freedom! Suddenly these things are coming out of you. You're in control, but you're not. The characters are coming through you. Even I'm going, 'Whoa!' It's that Zen lock...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Playtime For Gonzo | 12/28/1987 | See Source »

...rain was sharp and relentless, and I almost decided not to go. Magic cannot return when your shoes are soaked. I had left the Mary Janes and holiday dress at home, in the photo album. I came in jeans and a casual sweater, but on my ears, I wore pearl earings; some habits are hard to break. I thought it would be different; in fact, I hoped it would be different. The culture of the holiday classic seemed somehow associated with graham crackers, Chutes and Ladders, and the trappings of childhood you don't retain. The little girl...

Author: By Shari Rudavsky, | Title: Visions of Sugarplums | 12/18/1987 | See Source »

During the Washington summit and the period leading up to it, the Soviets toned down their sharp criticism of Star Wars, indicating a possible change in the Soviet position...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Gorbo: Talk of Better Relations Premature | 12/15/1987 | See Source »

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