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Word: slicked (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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OUGHTA: OLIVER Stone. The direction was awfully slick, especially the combat scenes. I liked the animated fighter plane that zoomed over Tom Berenger's head at the film's climax...

Author: By Daniel Vilmure, | Title: And the Envelope, Please | 3/26/1987 | See Source »

While the purpose of the paper is to "get the fringe--what's looked upon as the aberrations," Nidle also wants a broad readership. He said he believes a slick look will appeal to a wider audience and more advertisers...

Author: By Gawain Kripke, | Title: Underground Mag Gives Bohemian View | 3/10/1987 | See Source »

Exxon, ABC and Tiffany have more in common than famous names and slick midtown-Manhattan addresses. All have Japanese landlords. Within the past six months, investors from Japan have bought the headquarters buildings of the three firms. In a new twist on the protectionist slogan "Buy American," Japanese firms are literally buying America, or at least choice pieces of it, from New York City high-rises to beachfront hotels in Hawaii. Eager as customers at a close-out sale, these investors from the Far East snapped up as much as $6 billion worth of U.S. real estate last year, more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: I'll Take Manhattan - and Waikiki | 3/9/1987 | See Source »

...released in 1955) and ending with a spirited spiritual recessional recorded in the spring of 1985. New Orleans produced many superb musicians and singers, but the Nevilles are the town's premier vocal ensemble. A single cut, Fire on the Bayou, is like a dancing flame on an oil slick. It produces enough heat to warm a mountain cabin for a week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: New Discs Offer Sound Trips | 3/2/1987 | See Source »

Harvard knocked off RPI, 5-2, and Vermont, 7-1, on the slick ice of Bright Center in early January. But the Crimson is likely to get a stiffer challenge when it faces these teams on their home turf...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: Icemen to Battle Engineers, Catamounts | 2/20/1987 | See Source »

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