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Word: sinkful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Then there is Syracuse and star forward Derrick Coleman, who has enough poise to sink a turnaround jumper with Alonzo Mourning staring down his throat, but can't control his fists outside a Syracuse...

Author: By Jennifer M. Frey, | Title: College `Madness' Isn't Just in March | 3/21/1989 | See Source »

...When your captors fear that a noise in the night is an impending rescue attempt, you are slammed up against the wall, the barrel of a gun pressed against your temple. Each day you have 15 minutes to shower, brush your teeth and wash your underwear in the bathroom sink. Your bed is a mat on the floor. One of your fellow hostages tries to escape, and the guards beat him senseless. Another tries to commit suicide. One day you too reach the edge of your sanity. You begin furiously pounding your head against a wall. Blood oozes from your...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hostages The Lost Life Of Terry Anderson | 3/20/1989 | See Source »

...Gray's place. The task is monumental, but Thomas perseveres even when mothers she loves desert her and return to the seductive glow of the crack pipe. "If they don't hear me now, they'll hear me later," she says. "Some will leave, start smoking rocks again and sink back to the gutter. But even when they're down there, they'll keep hearing Minnie. And they'll be back." It is a blessing that Minnie Thomas will be waiting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mandela House: A Hand and a Home For Pregnant Addicts | 2/27/1989 | See Source »

...almost feels like it isn't over," senior Paul Howley said. "It's going to take a while to sink...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Cleary Finally Climbs to the Top of the Beanstalk | 2/14/1989 | See Source »

...Well, as [Harvard women's assistant coach and former Harvard men's] Coach Jack Barnaby once said, `We're going to throw everything at them except the kitchen sink, and then we're going to pick that up and throw it at them too,' Harvard Co-Captain Frank Huerta said. "We're going to give it our best shot. They're solid from one to three, but ours are too. From four to seven is where we can make a break...

Author: By Michael J. Lartigue, | Title: The Match: Harvard vs. Princeton | 2/3/1989 | See Source »

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