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Word: shitting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...delegates grew tired of waving their "Vote Life" signs and decided to unfurl a 20-foot banner with a picture of a fetus and the legend "abortion is murder." The "pro-choice" campaigners in the area decided they didn't "have to stand still for that kind of shit," as one explained. So they jumped in front of the baby poster, blocking the view with their banners, which featured a picture of the Statue of Liberty. The battle continued for the entire 20 minutes the abortion vote took; finally, inevitably, the dead baby backers began to push and shove...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Democracy in America | 8/15/1980 | See Source »

...first spins like a spontaneous outpouring of banal feelings, and half-felt at that, more play makes it seem likely that they are, and that Browne is not steadfastly serious about them. He's still wandering the tightrope between a purely romantic sensibility and the flatly cynical "life is shit so let's screw," attitude of a Satyr...

Author: By Jess Taylor, | Title: Jaded Ingenue | 8/12/1980 | See Source »

...Skinner and bad memories can only excuse so much--Ryan waits 20 years and then goes back to the dentist's office, and beats the shit out of him with a blackjack. Normal guys don't do this, but punks do, the sort of people who rob for thrills, not money. "One day me and this guy...got us a couple of guns and we walked into a bank and we held it up... We couldn't believe how easy it was. And how good it made you feel. It's like they say about heroin. It's never...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Stomping on Breslin's Ground | 7/25/1980 | See Source »

...from the actor. He's gotta keep the whole thing in his head. As the director, I'd think I might want a car crash or some other silly stuff but then I'd look at myself as the actor and say, 'Hey, I'm not gonna do that shit...

Author: By David Frankel, | Title: Living on Spongecake | 7/18/1980 | See Source »

...begin to happen. The plane goes out of control, the stewardess switches on the automatic pilot and the doctor (played by Leslie "Watch me tackle that wave" Nielsen) manages to convince the control stick-shy former Air Force pilot into guiding the plane to the ground. In short, the shit hits...

Author: By Robert O. Boorstin, | Title: Beneath the Planet of the 747s | 7/15/1980 | See Source »

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