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Word: shelf (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...pole and sits on him. Clifton throws Laura at Shanique. Alia and Victoria try to smoosh elastic bracelets into the fish tank; Taneeya climbs up the indoor sliding board and smashes the basement window with a wooden hammer; Paul, not yet , walking, tries to lift himself up against a shelf, and it topples backwards; Laura and Sahar startle and cry; Clifton and Adam take off all their clothes and run around the snack tables in a circle whooping...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In New Jersey: Day Care with a Lot of Caring | 3/28/1988 | See Source »

There are at the moment plenty of fire-breathing Swaggart videotapes on the shelf to fill a three-month or one-year void on TV. However, PTL cable decided last week to continue the daily show only if Swaggart does not preside, and Robertson's CBN said it would run the Sunday worship hour only if Swaggart did not preach. Secular stations, however, may be happy to run old Swaggart tapes, so long as the payments arrive on time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Now It's Jimmy's Turn | 3/7/1988 | See Source »

That is especially true in the risky, cutthroat pharmaceutical business, where the typical product costs about $125 million to bring from the laboratory to the pharmacy shelf. Although drug patents can last up to 22 years, firms must test a product for several years after a patent filing to win approval from the Food and Drug Administration. That gives competitors, who have access to the filing, time to tinker with a patented compound and make it different enough to qualify as a new drug. Growing, too, are the ranks of generic-drug producers who do little or no research...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Merck's Medicine Man: Pindaros Roy Vagelos | 2/22/1988 | See Source »

Such as his house. Suddenly the Captain finds that he cares strongly for his house: tables, doorknobs, chests of drawers. Finicky as a clerk, he keeps his house shipshape, puts up a shelf, arranges the flowers. Is that you, Captain Sloppy? Everything in its place, replies the Captain, who finds himself included in the everything...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Captain Midlife Sends a Valentine | 2/15/1988 | See Source »

...spiritually and aesthetically still worthy of the name. So far, all are made of the conventional yeast dough, and most are boiled before being baked, thereby taking on the characteristic moist chewiness. But because the classic bagel had a grayish color, was tough to chew and had a shelf life of about two hours, bromate dough conditioners and softeners have gradually been added to new products in the past 20 years. Burger King has added to the acculturation process with such fillers for its bagel as eggs, cheese, ham and bacon. All are far cries from the fillers cherished...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Food: The Bagel Takes to the Road | 2/8/1988 | See Source »

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